Texas Uranium Mining Portends Nuclear Revival
State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide power to large industrial facilities. But South Texas locals worry that a uranium boom could affect their groundwater.
Environment
How Can You Tell If Soil Is Healthy? Just Listen to It.
First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils—using underground critter concerts.
A Rough Road to the Christmas Mountains
The small range in West Texas provides gorgeous vistas and huge research opportunities that are finally being realized.
Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin
A federal program helps people in poverty cover the costs of heat and cooling. But advocates say it disadvantages states like Texas, even though extreme heat is a key cause of weather-related deaths.
New Texas Appellate Court Alarms Environmentalists
The all-GOP 15th Court of Appeals soon will hear disputes involving the state’s environmental regulators. “It’s BYOC—bring your own court—for polluters and powerful interests.”
Want to Build a Wall? Don’t Try It in Her Town.
How a Laredo activist and her scrappy environmental group have fought back against powerful interests in South Texas
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June Issue
A note from the new interim editor-in-chief
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Texas Exotic Hunts Are Dangerously Unregulated
Some hunting ranches in Texas routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.
‘Forever Chemicals,’ Religion, and Family Tragedy in Texas
PFAS do not break down but rather persist indefinitely. It is possible that Dad drank carcinogenic water for most of his life.
The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview
Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.