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MPs and outlets including the Guardian listened to Chris Faulkner on fracking. He is now under arrest for fraud

This sculptural home in Austin is a scene-stealer, for more reasons than just its good looks. For starters, the dwelling—named the Vista Residence—is powered with a 15.4-kiloWatt rooftop photovoltaic system that not only...

When a pair of retired ordained ministers set their sights on creating a sustainable community for “spiritual renewal,” the couple turned to Austin-based design practice Miró Rivera Architects to bring their vision to...

San Antonio’s idyllic Confluence Park just became a little greener and more scenic, thanks to a collaboration between firms Lake Flato and Matsys Design with the support of landscape architect Rialto Studio...

US communities near pellet mills complain of fumes while experts say burning wood is a ‘disaster’ for climate change

Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in La Porte, Texas. If all goes well, the plant's design could pave the way to a cleaner energy future. Instead...

Last August, Hurricane Harvey set records as the costliest hurricane in history and the wettest tropical cyclone ever in the U.S. The storm displaced more than 30,000 people, many of whom are still struggling to recover in...

A top United States Department of the Interior official appears to have used his position to delay the protection of an endangered species at the request of the oil industry...

Baboons escaped a biomedical research facility over the weekend with the help of a 55-gallon barrel. Gizmodo reported that one clever baboon figured out how to turn a barrel upright and use it to climb fencing. Three others...

If it is ever built, Trump's US-Mexico border wall would pose a threat to vulnerable wildlife and plants, as well as to the growing ecotourism industry in the border regions of Texas...

Big Bend National Park isn’t just a place of stunning landscape beauty—the Texan park is also paleontological paradise. To tell the story of the area’s rich fossil history, Texan architecture studio Lake | Flato designed...

Ground rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds

Local residents, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking in West Texas after years of fossil fuel production, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University...

More than six months since Hurricane Harvey decimated much of Central America and the American Gulf Coast, the public still doesn't have the answers it needs regarding the full public health impact of the powerful storm...

A Texas couple have opened a new restaurant that offers a pay-what-you-can model. Taste Community Restaurant targets middle class people struggling to get by who still deserve excellent food at a price they can afford. "Specifically,"...