Environment
Getting Wise to Bad Air: North Texans Take Smog Monitoring Into Own Hands
Border Expert Scott Nicol on How Trump’s Wall Will Hurt Texas
“We’ve prioritized border walls over everything else.”
“We’ve prioritized border walls over everything else.”...Read More
Texas’ Largest Corporate Welfare Program is Rapidly Ballooning
The program will cost taxpayers at least $8.5 billion over its lifetime, according to an Observer analysis.
The program will cost taxpayers at least $8.5 billion over its lifetime, according to an Observer analysis....Read More
‘Diamondback Day’ at the Texas Capitol Belies a Serpentine Controversy
It’s all in good fun when rattlesnakes descend on the Capitol each February, but the way they’re hunted is no laughing matter.
It’s all in good fun when rattlesnakes descend on the Capitol each February, but the way they’re hunted is no laughing matter....Read More
As Energy Secretary, Rick Perry Would Have Radioactive Conflicts
As governor, Perry did favors for a nuclear waste company formerly owned by a top donor. Will he do the same on a national stage?
As governor, Perry did favors for a nuclear waste company formerly owned by a top donor. Will he do the same on a national stage?...Read More
Texas Climate and Energy Researchers Prepare for Worst-Case Scenario Under Trump
Renewables and carbon capture may be first on the chopping block.
As President Trump attempts to implement an energy policy that emphasizes fossil fuel development, energy and climate researchers are anxious about how they may...Read More
Protesters Demand Resignation of Texas Parks Commissioner Kelcy Warren Over ‘Conflict of Interest’
Warren is the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the oil and gas company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Trans-Pecos pipeline.
Warren is the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the oil and gas company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Trans-Pecos pipeline....Read More
Trump’s Wall Will Be a More Inept Version of George W. Bush’s
A border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf is unviable, but Trump and his people will settle for less.
A border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf is unviable, but Trump and his people will settle for less....Read More
State of Texas: Building Trump’s Border Wall
The Trump administration will have to navigate deep canyons, a national park, an ever-shifting river and a treaty with Mexico to build the wall....Read More
Rick Perry Partially Reverses Stance on Climate Change, Agrees ‘Some of It’ is Man-Made
After more than a decade of questioning climate science, Perry softened his stance at his confirmation hearing on Thursday.
After more than a decade of questioning climate science, Perry softened his stance at his confirmation hearing on Thursday....Read More