Jon Niermann expects to assist project developers with permitting at Vinson & Elkins and to defend clients in enforcement actions.

Industry leaders say laws shouldn’t be “one size fits all.” But environmental advocates would like to see stricter regulations.

A report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) flagged Dallas County’s air quality for not meeting state standards.

Farmers, environmental advocates argue the EPA could go further to protect people from “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge fertilizer.

As growth in North Texas booms amid a more extreme climate, solar energy is needed to help stabilize the state’s electrical grid and keep bills manageable

Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types. The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.

The American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco Control” report gives Texas ‘F’ grades for tobacco control policies and outlines steps to reduce the burden of tobacco.

Rep. Cole Hefner said that the Marvin Nichols Reservoir project is about taking land from Northeast Texans to fix the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex's water issues.

In 1984, while Ronald Reagan was securing a landslide reelection and Apple introduced the Macintosh, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) last updated the state’s primary oil and gas waste regulations.

According to the latest numbers from 2023, wind power accounted for more than 28 percent of the mix in Texas, almost three times the national average. Wind is second only to natural gas, helping make Texas a leader in the industry.

The "Water for Texas 2025 Conference" in Austin has brought together experts to discuss the impact of aquifer depletion on surface water streams and lakes and to explore solutions to address the complicated relationship between ground and surface water.

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