Texans say climate change is happening, but it’s a highly partisan issue, UT/TT Poll finds

by Ross Ramsey Nov. 6, 2019

Most Texas voters say climate change is happening, but there are significant partisan differences, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story

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Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them.

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Naveena Sadasivam, Grist Oct. 30, 2019

An investigation by The Texas Tribune and Grist shows that regulators in the Lone Star State have given a hand up to struggling coal companies as they face millions of dollars in mandated land restoration costs. Full Story

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Big coal gave a tiny Texas town free land. There’s a major catch.

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Naveena Sadasivam, Grist Oct. 30, 2019

Sulphur Springs leaders say they want Luminant — Texas’ largest electricity generator — to leave in place a 120-foot-tall mound of excavated dirt at the site of a shuttered coal mine so they can build an amphitheater. But the soil contains potentially dangerous materials, according to state regulators. Full Story

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by Pooja Salhotra April 10, 2024

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Nearly two years after the Uvalde massacre, here’s who has been reprimanded and where investigations stand

by Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica March 29, 2024

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The new energy race

Small nuclear reactors may be coming to Texas, boosted by interest from Gov. Abbott

by Emily Foxhall March 27, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court takes up Texas case challenging abortion pill access

by Eleanor Klibanoff Updated: March 26, 2024

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by María Méndez Updated: March 20, 2024

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