Feds: EPA Fails To Protect Water From Oilfield Contamination

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing in its mandate to protect underground drinking water reserves from oilfield contamination, according to a federal review.

• Apr 14, 2016

What Is Earth Day And Why Is It So Important?

For many, Earth Day is simply a day that comes and goes, but the meaning behind the day means much more just planting a few trees.

• Apr 8, 2015

Massive Explosion & Chemical Fire At Garland Plant

An explosion and subsequent massive fire at a chemical plant in Garland sent workers scrambling and businesses nearby into a panic.

• Nov 16, 2012

Frisco Families Vow To Sue Battery Recycling Plant Exide

Two Frisco mothers entered the U.S. Post Office this morning with a warning to executives of Exide Technologies. They plan to file a lawsuit.

• Jul 16, 2012

A/C Coolant Cost Triples In The Past 6 Months

The price to stay cool just went through the roof. But it's not the energy bill, it's the coolant used in air conditioning units: The cost of freon has tripled in the past six months.

• Jul 3, 2012

Frisco Council OK's Deal That Will Shutter Exide Plant

The Frisco City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve a deal that will shut down the controversial Exide Technologies battery recycling plant.

• Jun 4, 2012

Texans React To Resignation Of EPA's Armendariz

Days after a 2010 video surfaced in which EPA official Al Armendariz described a push to "crucify" major violators in the oil and gas business, he has resigned, causing regret among environmentalists and relief in the oil and gas industry.

• Apr 30, 2012

Frisco Residents Receive Direct Mailer Against Exide Plant

A new study suggested lead contamination from a battery recycling plant in Frisco could be much more widespread than previously thought.

• Apr 19, 2012

Anglers Flock To Contaminated Texas Reservoir

Signs bearing a skull and crossbones dot the banks of a reservoir and canal near this town on the U.S.-Mexico border, but the fishermen standing in the reeds nearby ignore them, casually reeling in fish that are contaminated with toxic chemicals and banned for human consumption.

• Mar 3, 2012

Waterless Fracking Method Targets Natural Gas Industry's Gaze

As debates over hydraulic fracturing wage on, a Canadian company has developed a way to frack without using millions of gallons of water. GasFrac uses a propane gel instead of the treasured natural substance. Now the obstacle is getting the industry on board.

• Jan 12, 2012

EPA Eyes Link Between Fracking & Pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking -- a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells -- may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.

• Dec 8, 2011

Frisco Residents Continue To Protest Battery Recycling Plant Exide

Residents who arrived to protest battery-recycling plant Exide Technologies Monday don't just want clean air; they want the reported root of the problem to go away.

• Oct 24, 2011

Waxahachie Fire Smolders As Investigation Continues

The CEO of a company that owns a Waxahachie chemical plant that caught fire Monday says the chemicals being mixed at the plant Monday should have not caught fire.

• Oct 6, 2011

Frisco Residents 'Want The Lead Out'

For years, some Frisco residents have been concerned about the Exide battery recycling plant in town. Now, a citizens group is ready for the city to close the plant.

• Oct 5, 2011

Waxahachie Chemical Fire Still Under Investigation

The cause of a major chemical fire in Waxahachie is still under investigation Tuesday and smoke can still be seen rising from the burned-out buildings.

• Oct 4, 2011

Perry Urges Obama To Halt Air Pollution Rules

Gov. Rick Perry on Monday asked President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to prevent or delay implementation of stricter pollution standards, saying they will have an "immediate and devastating" effect on the state.

• Sep 26, 2011

Lawmakers Defiant Over Federal Clean Air Rule

Texas lawmakers have slammed the EPA over a new pollution rule they say will cause electricity shortages and cost hundreds of jobs. But it appears they are ignoring the agency's attempts to work closely with energy providers to prevent problems.

• Sep 13, 2011

Texas Regulators Hail Clean-Air Surrender

The Texas panel in charge of enforcing state environmental regulations cheered President Barack Obama's decision Friday to scrap a tougher clean-air regulation aimed at reducing health-threatening smog that had drawn consistent fire from Gov. Rick Perry.

• Sep 2, 2011

Congress Could Settle A Dozen Texas Lawsuits

The Attorney General says Congress may hold the key to getting Texas and the EPA out of court.

• Feb 2, 2011

Frisco Residents Sound Off On EPA Regulations

• Jan 19, 2011

Texas Loses A Round To The EPA

A Washington DC federal court rules against an emergency order stopping the EPA from taking over part of the air pollution permitting program in Texas.

• Jan 12, 2011

EPA: Gas Drilling Site Contaminated Drinking Water

The EPA ordered a Fort Worth natural gas company Tuesday to supply homeowners near a Parker County drilling site with gas monitors and drinking water after an investigation found high levels of methane in the residents' tap water.

• Dec 7, 2010

Dallas Study: BPA In Large Number Of Items On Grocery Store Shelves

When you go to the grocery store, you expect that the food you buy is safe for you, but a new study done right here in North Texas is showing that some of the foods that we consume may contain a chemical linked to a number of health problems.

• Nov 3, 2010