Where politics, government and energy intersect.
Power moves Texas, but does the state have enough juice to make it through another blistering summer? The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, discusses new power generation, conservation, alternative energy, weather and oversight at a Texas Senate hearing today.
You may have had mussels steamed in a bit of white wine and butter. But they most likely weren’t mussels from rivers or creeks in Texas.
A recent ruling by the Texas Supreme Court wasn’t very well-received by the General Land Office (GLO). In a 5–3 opinion, the Court ruled that the GLO couldn’t force a beachfront homeowner, Carol Severance, to move her house after a Hurricane eroded the public beach in front of it. After the hurricane, that beach was gone, […]
It’s been in the works for some time, and today the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) announced that it’s reached an agreement to sell the Spicewood Beach water system along with 19 other retail water and wastewater systems to the Canadian company Corix Infrastructure. The Spicewood Beach water system’s wells began to fail at the […]
Planning to go to a Texas beach this summer? If you’re hoping to hit the public beach at Galveston’s West End, you might find it’s now private property, thanks to a new ruling from the Texas Supreme Court. In a 5-3 opinion, the Court ruled that “the State claims that it is entitled to an easement on […]
Earlier this month we told you about a proposed rule change that would allow hunters to use silencers when going after game, birds and even alligators. Today the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced it has adopted that rule, so Texans can now hunt in relative silence. (Provided they submit an application to the Bureau of […]
Today Texas Senator John Cornyn filed an amendment to the Energy Tax Credits Modification bill on the Senate Floor that would block the listing of the Dunes Sage Brush Lizard as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is due to make an announcement in June on whether the creature will be added […]
Texas political leadership was in a celebratory mood today, after news spread that the state had won a battle in its ongoing legal disputes with the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court earlier in the week. The decision Monday from the 5th US Court of Appeals effectively ordered the Agency to take a second look […]
Learning more about Texas’ current water policy and where the state can go from here.
The EPA issued the first standard on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants this week. The bottom line: building a coal power plant is going to be a very unattractive option.
StateImpact seeks to inform and engage local communities with broadcast and online news focused on how state government decisions affect your lives.
Learn More »