StateImpact Texas

This is a story of two nuts: the almond and the pecan. In the 1960s the pecan industry loomed large over the almond. But, then, something changed. Since then, the almond crop has seen a nearly 33...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/11/11/watch-out-almonds-pecans-aim-to-displace-americas-nut/

President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline provoked cheers from environmental groups, boos from rival politicians and a little bit of head scratching in the state of Texas. “Tech...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/11/09/obama-rejected-keystone-xl-but-crude-flows-through-southern-part-of-project/

In Texas, some of the most deadly explosions have been caused by a substance that otherwise plays a vital role in how we grow crops: ammonium nitrate fertilizer. It’s what blew-up in the small ...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/11/04/dangerous-ammonium-nitrate-fertilizer-losing-favor-in-texas/

It might sound surprising that the U.S. does not allow the export of one of its most valuable and plentiful natural resources — but in the case of crude oil, it’s true. A lot of Texas politic...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/09/24/heres-why-the-u-s-banned-crude-oil-exports/

An inquiry by the agency that regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas has found that oil and gas activity did not likely cause a swarm of earthquakes around the north Texas towns of Azle and ...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/09/02/texas-railroad-commission-refutes-study-linking-quakes-to-oil-and-gas-industry/

Oil closed at its lowest price in more than six years Wednesday. Some project the price to drop even further. In some parts of Texas that’s bad news for almost everyone. The economic ripple ...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/08/20/in-the-land-of-the-oil-bust-the-repo-business-booms/

Even before oil prices plummeted last year, the town of Alice, Texas was feeling the paincaused by a restless oil industry. Some oilfield service companies had moved operations from Alice, locat...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/08/17/in-some-texas-oil-towns-this-downturn-feels-more-like-a-bust/

Texas leads the nation in wind power, but some environmentalists worry about bird deaths cause by wind turbines – typically, birds fly into the blades of the turbines. Now, a new approach pio...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/08/06/study-aims-to-predict-bird-deaths-from-wind-turbines/

We first reported in June about some so-called “fake profits” in the Texas energy industry that led to a multi-million dollar windfall for some companies. We have been following up to see wha...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/08/05/will-state-correct-a-big-mistake-in-what-texans-paid-for-electricity/

With temperatures near 100 degrees, this is the time of year when we spend the most money to run our air conditioners. But are you spending more than you have to because you used the state’s Po...

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/08/03/power-to-choose-or-to-pay-more-state-of-texas-website-faulted-by-consumers/