Environment

Consider the Rattle

In a state that still hosts grisly “rattlesnake roundups,” human Texans should learn to see something of themselves in their ancient, slithering kin.

Declaring an endangered species officially gone can take decades.

These dropoff sites for free food appeared across the U.S. during the pandemic, reducing waste and methane emissions in the process.

The state is proposing to approve a 17-year-old standard that leading scientists and public health officials call inadequate.

On the campaign trail, the president once promised there would “not be another foot” constructed under his watch.

Critics worry about leakage through rock layers, pipeline safety and the lackluster record of the technology onshore.

TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide more air conditioning. In the meantime, people are sweltering in their beds.

In a novelist’s alternative Texas, Al Gore became president and the War on Climate Change began. What could go wrong?

Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.

Heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply millions of people.