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This week on Texas Matters: The forecast for the coming summer is record breaking heat. It could be a deadly weather disaster that will challenge emergency services and put Texans at risk. And why a Texas plastics company is failing to accurately monitor its toxic discharge into the Gulf.

A total of 17 earthquakes have been reported in the same area near Falls City, which is about 40 miles southeast of San Antonio, in the last week.

The move is one of his more controversial campaign promises, and industry groups say they will sue. But it won't have much immediate impact on driving down climate-warming emissions.

Shortly after midnight Sunday an earthquake occurred just southeast of San Antonio, about eight miles southeast of Smiley, TX.There have been no damage…

Bernie Sanders is one of the leading candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president. However, the senator from Vermont has policies that…

A recent change in the type of sand used in fracking operations has been bad news for the small town of Brady in central Texas.

From Texas Standard . The Permian Basin is in another oil boom. Output is reaching record highs and it’s expected to grow even more. But one issue...

From Texas Standard . Out in the sand dunes of west Texas, a tiny lizard has been wrapped up in a big controversy for years. The four-inch long dunes...

From Texas Standard . Does the Wink Sink ring any bells for you? It is, as the name implies, a pair of giant sinkholes near the town of Wink, located...

The science on whether there's a link between oil and gas activity and a surge in earthquakes in Texas isn't clear-cut, says the new seismologist for...