Kiah Collier, San Angelo Standard-Times

Pumpjack in Pecos County near Fort Stockton.

How Will The Collapse In Oil Prices Impact Texas? It's Too Soon To Tell, Experts Say.

Oil prices plummeted to their lowest point in decades overnight as Saudi Arabia declared a price war on Russia, adding another stressor to financial...

A fire burns at a chemical plant in Port Neches early Wednesday.

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Port Neches Plant Rocked By Multiple Explosions Was Declared High Priority Violator By EPA

Kiah Collier, San Angelo Standard-Times

The Port Neches chemical plant where two explosions and an ongoing fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations Wednesday has a years-long history of...

A 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in West killed 15 people.

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Trump EPA Eases Safety Requirements Enacted After West Explosion

Kiah Collier, San Angelo Standard-Times

Days before President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule aimed at preventing tragedies like the...

The recent closure of Martin Lake and other coal-fired power plants is one reason the state's grid operator is concerned that demand for power could outpace supply this summer - or at least come very close to it.

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Texas Is Using A Record Amount Of Electricity. Could Demand Outpace Supply?

Kiah Collier, San Angelo Standard-Times

With a heat wave sweeping the state, Texans' demand for power broke records two days in a row this week, prompting the state’s electric grid operator —...