This year, Texas lawmakers passed over 1,200 bills. Among them were several important pieces of legislation focused on energy and the environment.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/06/06/523397/texas-lawmakers-target-water-energy-and-environmental-hazards-in-new-legislation/

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A reported potential deal between Houston and the state would send the city’s “excess” water to West Texas. But the Houston region faces a dramatic shortfall in the coming years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/01/14/510775/mayor-whitmire-considers-sending-houston-water-to-west-texas-despite-forecasted-shortfall/

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More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood plan.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/05/28/488622/texas-first-ever-statewide-flood-plan-estimates-5-million-live-in-flood-prone-areas/

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