Environment
Lubbock Opts for the ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Approach to Fire Prevention
In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever seen a Lubbock driver navigate a four-way stop, county officials have decided that while…
Lubbock: Where the Wind Blows and Everything Else Just Blows Up
Welcome to another Wednesday in the Hub City, where “infrastructure” is more of a theoretical…
Lubbock: Where Your Paycheck is Fat, but Your Soul is Flat
Oh, joy. Another “study” has come out to tell us what we already feel every…
Abernathy’s New Best Friends: Data Center Developers Promise Not to Suck the Town Dry (Literally)
In the latest installment of “Developers Say the Darndest Things,” Aligned Data Centers descended upon…
Sorry, Birds: The Lesser Prairie Chicken Is Now Just a Lesser Priority
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has ever seen a “Drill, Baby,…
Congrats, West Texas: We Finally Realized Infrastructure Actually Matters
Two years after the Smokehouse Creek Fire turned a million acres into a charcoal briquette,…
The Brick Trailer Park: An Autopsy of the Hub City’s Soul
If you have ever driven down Slide Road at 5:15 PM, dodging a lifted Ford…
Federal Judge Tells Texas to Stop Throwing a Temper Tantrum Over Fossil Fuels
In a shocking twist that surprised absolutely no one with a law degree, a federal…
Texas Air, Now With Fewer Rules and More Vibes
In the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, the Environmental Protection Agency decided regulations…
Drill, Baby, Drill—Until the Bill Comes Due
Texas spent the last few years riding high on $70-plus oil, stuffing state and local…