Texas is one of the few states that don’t already require eighth graders to be taught about climate change. That’ll change next fall. State Board of Education Member Will Hickman asks a question to ...

Climate change intensified the July Fourth deluge that swept through Texas Hill Country and killed over 100 people along the Guadalupe River, according to a new scientific analysis, and researchers ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Historic flooding unfolded in an instant in the Texas Hill Country Friday. It's in an area referred to as Flash Flood Alley, because of the terrain's ability to funnel rainfall down into the waterways ...

The tragic Fourth of July flash flood in Texas that has killed at least 78 people is shining a spotlight on the nation's growing vulnerability to climate disaster. As rescue crews continue their ...

Late into the night of Friday, July 3, the remnants of tropical storm Barry combined with an unusually humid air mass. Together, they dropped more than four months’ worth of rain—at least 1.8 trillion ...

Climate change has added at least a week of dangerously hot days for pregnant women in every state in the country, increasing the risk of stillbirths and premature births, according to a new study ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have found common ground in opposing several legislative proposals in 2023 to limit wind and solar power and battery storage facilities in Texas. Smiley N. Pool / ...

This article first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On July 4, the broken ...

Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted by the ...