pollution

Companies planning Fort Worth data centers detail resource usage, sustainability in face of growing concern in North Texas.

A new report from Environment Texas highlights the need for stronger regulations against microplastics.

Texas has 32 proposed natural gas power plants tied to Al data centers, the report found — raising concerns about air pollution, water use and public health as the industry expands.

The TCEQ is weighing how to implement two new state laws that could tighten oversight of concrete batch plants.

Supporters said Tuesday's vote to incorporate Mitchell Bend — population 600 — was one of their last options to try to control noise pollution coming from the nearby Bitcoin mine.

North Texas has seen 26 days this year when ozone exceeded the federal limit of 70 parts per billion.

Climate advocates welcomed the news of the factory's possible closure, but said they will continue to hold the city accountable.

Residents in Hood County, south of Fort Worth, say their elected officials are keeping them from voting to incorporate their community, giving them more power to control noise and environmental pollution from a nearby data facility. Rural North Texans say a Bitcoin mine is 'ruining their lives' while elected officials deny them a vote

City-operated landfills, oil and gas facilities, and defense companies led Tarrant County businesses in producing the most carbon monoxide emissions and fine particulate matter in 2023, according to the most recent data collected by the state.

Paxton’s office has accused 3M and DuPont of misrepresenting or concealing the health risks of PFAS, which have been sold for decades for use in consumer products.

An operating unit at the Pemex Deer Park refinery released the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide at 4:40 p.m., officials at the facility said.

Fort Worth will spend $500,000 to assess environmental contamination at sites across the city, including the former Butler Place public housing complex and the historic R. Vickery Elementary School.