Years of budget reductions have left the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality struggling to investigate complaints, with over 1,000 cases stuck in backlog.

The consequences of the Trump administration firing thousands of environmental employees from the federal government could range from worsened responses to pollution to less access at national parks, ...

Deer Park Stadium with refineries in the background on Feb. 26, 2023 in Deer Park. Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality calls this effort its mobile ...

Dozens of Houston residents arrived at the Texas Capitol to testify during a Sunset Advisory Commission meeting about the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Wednesday. (Montinique Monroe For ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality pushed back against policy recommendations from the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission during a public hearing on Wednesday. The Sunset Commission ...

In the past 15 years, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has faced major budget cuts and a 21% decline in staffing.

Air in the Tar Heel State is cleaner than it has been in decades. But oversight of the environment is shrinking.

The agency in charge of the environment has given an update on the large sewage spill that saw a dozen tankers descend on a ...

The head of Florida’s environmental agency is stepping down to “transition to the private sector” after more than three years in the role, according to an email sent to agency employees and obtained ...

A report from the state Sunset Advisory Commission found that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioners have become “reluctant” regulators and often encourage industry to “self police.” ...