Dave Fehling
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How A Houston Company Could Store Electricity In The Ground
Texas may someday soon have a big electrical problem. Not a shortage of electricity. Just the opposite: too much electricity at the wrong time. Could it be “stored” in underground caverns? → Read More
Texas Supreme Court Deciding Ike Roof Damage Claim
Last week, insurance companies complained to state lawmakers that it’s too easy in Texas to sue them over storm damage claims. This week, one of those cases made it all the way to the Texas Supreme Court. → Read More
Hurricane Matthew Tests New Flood Forecasting System
With Hurricane Matthew unleashing heavy rains on Florida, we wanted to get an update on a new, flood forecasting system we told you about back in April. → Read More
Texas Sees Gloom and Doom by Cutting Greenhouse Gases
Just a day after the U.S. Court of Appeals heard oral arguments over the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, Texas lawmakers held their own hearing. Republicans said new, federal environmental rules won’t be good for the state. → Read More
Texas Sees Gloom and Doom by Cutting Greenhouse Gases
Just a day after the U.S. Court of Appeals heard oral arguments over the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, Texas lawmakers held their own hearing. Republicans said new, federal environmental rules won’t be good for the state. → Read More
Houston Shooting: Neighbors Heard Bullets Whiz by, Watched as Gunman Shot at Cars
Gunfire turned a normally quiet dawn into a terrifying morning for a neighborhood in Southwest Houston near West University Place. → Read More
Houston Shooting: Neighbors Heard Bullets Whiz by, Watched as Gunman Shot at Cars
Gunfire turned a normally quiet dawn into a terrifying morning for a neighborhood in Southwest Houston near West University Place. → Read More
What Texans Pay For Electricity Is All Over The Map
A new report by a state agency says Texans are paying a little less for electricity. But when we dug into the data, we found big differences depending on where you live. → Read More
Hold On Houston, The Great Oil Slump Is Almost Over…Maybe
A consulting firm surveys oil executives and finds they think the downturn in Houston’s oil & gas industry could last for many more months. → Read More
Hold On Houston, The Great Oil Slump Is Almost Over…Maybe
A consulting firm surveys oil executives and finds they think the downturn in Houston’s oil & gas industry could last for many more months. → Read More
Group says Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is Dangerously Polluting the Water
The controversy over “fracking” could be moving off-shore. But the drilling industry says the government’s own analysis found little harm. → Read More
Its Habitat Disappearing, Scramble Is On To Save The Houston Toad
The croaking of the Houston toad is virtually never heard in its namesake: none of the toads live in the wild in Houston. And efforts to help them live in other areas have run up against drought, wild fires and bulldozers. But there’s a new effort to help the little toad survive. → Read More
Environmental Groups Worry if Houston Can Limit Oil Drilling Near Drinking Water Source
The groups are meeting with people concerned about oil drilling near the shores of Lake Houston. → Read More
Demand Drying Up For Drilling In The Gulf
It’s one more impact the lower price of oil is having on the energy industry: the demand to drill in the Gulf of Mexico has dropped as well. → Read More
Houston Scrutinizing Request To Drill Oil Well Near Major Drinking Water Source
Fewer oil wells are being drilled these days in Texas but the work hasn’t stopped. In fact, one new permit would allow drilling in a place that’s raising concern: a spot very close to Lake Houston, one of the city’s major sources for drinking water. → Read More
Disaster Responders Say Ike Taught Them Debris Is Your Enemy
Hurricane Ike hit us here on the Texas coast eight years ago next week. The disaster taught emergency agencies what it takes to clean-up and restore the Houston region. News 88.7 went with them for an aerial tour. → Read More
Will Texas Tackle Backlog Of Thousands Of Abandoned Oil Wells?
There’s growing concern over thousands of “abandoned” oil & gas wells. Some are near Houston and worry homeowners who use well-water. → Read More
Will Texas Tackle Backlog Of Thousands Of Abandoned Oil Wells?
There’s growing concern over thousands of “abandoned” oil & gas wells. Some are near Houston and worry homeowners who use well-water. → Read More
Harris County DA says Evidence for Hundreds of Criminals Cases is Gone
What sounds like a nightmare for prosecutors is unfolding at the Harris County District Attorney’s office. Evidence for hundreds of criminal cases has apparently been destroyed. → Read More
Harris County DA says Evidence for Hundreds of Criminals Cases is Gone
What sounds like a nightmare for prosecutors is unfolding at the Harris County District Attorney’s office. Evidence for hundreds of criminal cases has apparently been destroyed. → Read More