Zebra Mussels’ Takeover of Texas Quickly Becoming Inexorable

The war for Texas’ lakes continues apace, though it doesn’t look like wildlife officials are holding the line. Despite the state’s best efforts to get us to just dump the damned water out of our boats, zebra mussels may have established beachheads in two more North Texas lakes. DNA from…

Dallas’ Proposed Fracking Law Would Allow Gas Drilling in Parks

Dallas keeps promising not to drill on parkland, yet city officials keep look for ways to allow energy companies to do exactly that. The latest push comes in the form of a draft of Dallas’ proposed fracking law, a long-awaited proposal to outline how natural gas drilling should be regulated…

Dallas Is Covered in Spider Webs

It’s probably been a while since you read Charlotte’s Web. Maybe a few details from the spider-hatching scene have slipped your mind. If so, here’s a refresher. One fine morning, a tiny spider crawled from the sac. Then another, and another. They were no bigger than the head of a…

Gas-Industry Funded Report Says Fracking Made You $1,200 Richer

Is the gas industry mature enough to have a serious discussion with the American public about hydraulic fracturing, one that explores the benefits of domestic natural gas drilling but also carefully considers methane leaks, groundwater contamination, earthquakes and other potential risks that peer-reviewed research has linked to fracking activity? Fracking…

Dallas Doctors Ask Texas to Clean Up Luminant’s Coal Plants, Citing Asthma, Heart Attacks, and “Premature Death”

Luminant, the Dallas-based energy generator, has long been a ripe target for environmentalists, who complain that its aging, coal-fueled power plants — in particular North/Northeast Texas’ Big Brown, Martin Lake, and Monticello — are fouling the air with extraordinary amounts of toxic pollutants and greenhouse gases. Under the Obama Administration,…