The Legislature passed a measure to help save the iconic watering hole and Hays County’s dwindling aquifer. Then Greg Abbott vetoed it.

Officials say that the excessive rain could cause minor flooding in low-lying and poorly drained areas. Radar indicated between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen in the region.

Texas law largely allows landowners to do what they want with the groundwater beneath them, potentially protecting the latest ...

Flood prevention strategies eligible for funding by Texas’ Flood Mitigation Fund include the buyout of properties in floodplains, purchase of conservation easements and land as green infrastructure to ...

On the eve of the floods, local attempts to stop the drawdown of Hill Country aquifers were stymied at the highest levels of the state. In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a bipartisan law that ...

Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month’s flash floods hammer a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month ...

On the eve of the floods, local attempts to stop the drawdown of Hill Country aquifers were stymied at the highest levels of the state. In late June, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a bipartisan law that ...

“Trinity was sort of the birth of a new age, the age of nuclear weapons, and we’re still in that age. The threats that people recognize, that Oppenheimer’s quote captures, they’re still ...

80 Years After the Trinity Nuke Test, We’re Still Living an Atomic Nightmare We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.

Texas lawmakers debate high-capacity groundwater extraction in the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation Districts.