The Texas Gulf Coast shoreline is ecologically diverse and biologically productive, while also playing a major role in the country’s energy security, with Texas leading the nation in energy production, mainly from crude oil and natural gas. Other … [Read more...]
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush plans to meet with President Donald Trump
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush plans to meet with President Donald Trump’s administration to advocate for federal funding to build a protective hurricane barrier along the Texas Coast.“This is Texas’ most important … [Read more...]
Texas A&M heading to McAllen with $40M and a new software startup
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp and the Texas A&M System’s Board of Regents added a $40 million project in McAllen to their capital plan. Texas A&M System’s expansion into McAllen will feature a 60,000 square-foot facility … [Read more...]
Presidential candidates view on Vacation Rentals
Where do the candidates stand on vacation rentals?We’ve seen significant changes in the vacation rental regulatory environment.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a robust debate about the sharing economy in which Airbnb and the … [Read more...]
Economists say Houston can weather oil downturn
The Texas local economy is showing strains entering the second year of the worst oil downturn in decades but it's not collapsing the same way as previous oil busts and most economists don't think it will happen.A healthy national economy, continued … [Read more...]
NOAA Tools for the Sinking Problem of Abandoned Ships
Walk along a waterfront in the United States and wherever you find boats moored, you won’t be hard pressed to find one that has been neglected or abandoned to the point of rusting, leaking, or even sinking.How do these vessels end up like this … [Read more...]
Texas oil producers react to Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Oil producers from the Texas are not happy about President Barack Obama's decision to reject the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. TransCanada Corp.'s proposed pipeline would have moved crude oil from the "tar sands" region of Central Canada to the … [Read more...]
Texas Electricity Market Prices
Texas is tops among US states when it comes to installed wind power generation capacity, having added 1,826 megawatts (MW) in 2012 to bring its cumulative total to a whopping 12.212 gigawatts (GW), enough to power nearly 3 million average American … [Read more...]
FEMA New Flood Insurance Manual
All buyers of older properties (“pre-FIRM”) will see a premium rate reduction under the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014. Instead of jumping to “full cost” for flood insurance, buyers will assume the seller’s Oct-2013 rate for a … [Read more...]
Warmer Water Trapping Turtles on Texas Coast
Climate change-related warming of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico is causing fewer sea turtles to migrate to warmers waters in the winter, leading more of the creatures to become trapped along the Texas coast when the temperature drops, said Tony … [Read more...]