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Oil companies leaked less methane in West Texas, a new report says. Environmentalists are skeptical. Subscribe to The Y’all — ...

In this edition of East Texas In Focus, KETK’s Nolan Hoffman sat down with Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller and spoke about critical issues affecting the agriculture business in Texas.

Members of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last week voted unanimously to grant a motion by Fort Bend County to ...

TDEM said the readiness level of the Texas State Emergency Operations Center (SOC) will be raised to Level II (Escalated ...

Today, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) announced that it along with its state partners have began mobilizing state emergency response resources for winter weather expected to ...

Cameron County leads the state in soot contamination, second only to Harris County, which includes Houston. Harris is home to the largest concentration of oil refineries and petro ...

Sen. Charles Perry's plan would dedicate billions for new water projects but leave out stronger groundwater regulation, which ...

Fort Bend County officials and residents have won a small victory in their battle against an incoming concrete crushing plant ...

The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards, but Texas regulators say only four should face consequences.