Environment
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to slap sanctions on polluting foreign corporations
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced legislation this week that would allow Washington to impose financial sanctions on foreign businesses ...Trump ends EPA rules set in place after West, Texas explosion
Following a massive chemical explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people in 2013, the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency introduced ...California is burning. Without action on climate change, Texas could be next.
An 11-day wildfire in California has scorched thousands of acres of land and forced tens of thousands to evacuate from ...New study: Climate change made Imelda’s extreme flooding twice as likely
The News A new study is drawing the connection between Imelda, the devastating flood in southeast Texas in September, and ...Imelda is another reminder Texas isn’t ready for climate change
On Thursday, Tropical Storm Imelda brought extreme flooding to southeast Texas, bringing with it more than 40 inches of rain ...Since Hurricane Harvey, inaction on climate change in Texas
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas two years ago, killing almost 70 people. Since then, scientists from around the country ...Arctic ice melt is causing more heatwaves, says Texas study
A new study conducted in part at Texas State University found that melting Arctic ice is increasing the number of ...Houston’s air quality: ‘The particles lodge deep down in the lungs’
With summer unofficially here and Texans spending more time outdoors, there is an invisible danger to keep in mind – ...Environmental innovation: Building public parks as storm surge barrier for Houston
Dozens of Houston area elected officials and their constituents met outside of Houston on Wednesday to discuss the threat of ...With Hurricane season weeks away, can Houston handle another Harvey?
Photo is from August 25, 2017. GOES-16 Visible Satellite Image, just as Harvey, a Category 4 Hurricane, was about to ...Houston’s environmental nightmare scenario: storm surge hitting chemical plants
The greatest economic threat to the Houston area is surge flooding, given its potential for widespread destruction. This is the ...FEATURE: The Green New Deal and Houston, the energy capital of the world
At a rally in Houston last week, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders reassured Houstonians the Green New Deal would ...
