Cold Press

How Winter Storm Uri Nearly Destroyed Texas’s Olive Oil Industry

Texas was on track to become America’s second-largest olive oil producer—then Uri hit. Five years later, farmers are still counting their losses.

05/06/2026 By Pamela Agbu

Still Growing

How the Houston Botanic Garden Is Adapting to a Changing Climate

Five years in, Houston’s youngest botanic garden has experienced freezes, floods, drought, and heat. Here’s what its staff learned and how it’s not just surviving, but thriving.

03/27/2026 By Molly Glentzer

Outdoor Living

Houston Backyards Are Getting a Rethink—and Function Is Leading the Way

Local landscape architects say climate stress, kids, and dogs are changing how outdoor spaces are designed—and why resilient, flexible gardens are winning out.

01/23/2026 By Diane Cowen

Due Diligence

Art Preservation in the Era of Climate Change: Local Museums Speak Out

Rothko Chapel, MFAH, and others are adapting their buildings and conservation practices as extreme weather threatens priceless collections.

09/30/2025 By Meredith Nudo

The Must List

Not-So-Mad Science and Art Are Happening in ArCH’s Verdant Laboratory

Falon Mihalic takes over the gallery at Architecture Center of Houston, turning it into a beautiful, but bittersweet, reflection on the city’s damaged ecology and how we might fix it.

06/26/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Gates of Heaven

The Rothko Chapel’s Restoration Has a Long Road Ahead

The paintings damaged by Hurricane Beryl opened up critical conversations about the arts and climate change, but also inspired some touching community outreach.

01/15/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Walking On a Dream

If Only Houston Could Have No-Car Zones in These Areas...

Imagine not being constantly swarmed by cars.

12/23/2024 By Allyn West

Shelled

Galveston Bay’s Decimated Oyster Population Is Getting a Savior

Rett Reef in San Leon is Texas’s first private-industry oyster restoration project.

05/23/2024 By Lauren McDowell Photography by Nicki Evans

YA Angst

Houston Author Jennifer Mathieu’s New Book Is All About Eco-Anxiety

Down Came the Rain tells the story of two climate activist high schoolers struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

09/25/2023 By Daniel Renfrow

Sunnyside Up

What's Going on with the Sunnyside Solar Farm?

A closed city dump on the edge of one of Houston’s oldest historically Black southside neighborhoods is set to become the nation’s biggest urban solar farm—and we have questions.

04/06/2021 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Hot Hot Heat

Tune into Houston Climate Week

The event, taking place Sept 14–18, kicks off our city’s Climate Action Plan.

09/14/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Surprise!

Houston Quietly Launches a Climate Action Plan

We're going carbon neutral by 2050, y'all.

04/22/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Old Is New

Kassandra and The Leader Take On Real World Problems Through Opera

Opera in the Heights’s double bill tackles #MeToo, loss of identity, and climate change.

02/22/2020 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Fix Houston

How to Make Houston Greener

It doesn't take a lot of money to start making your home more efficient.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

The Warming Planet

Hundreds Gathered at Houston City Hall on Friday to Protest Climate Change

Similar protests took place in countries around the world. Ours followed yet another "500-year flood."

09/23/2019 By Cameron Wallace

Do It Yourself

Sample Houston's Thriving Zine Culture This Weekend at Lawndale

“A zine, you can just kind of encounter it in the environment—you can stumble upon it in a way that you don’t really with the internet anymore.”

09/05/2019 By Brittanie Shey

Go See

An Intriguing Art Opening Pops Up In a Flood-Resistant House

At this Saturday art debut, it's all about Houston's own climate challenges.

09/04/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Not all Bad

Climate Change is Probably Worse Than You Think, But Let's Not Freak Out About It

William T. Vollmann, a National Book Award winner, arrives in Houston with his two-volume explainer on the realities of and possibilities for Earth's climate future.

04/12/2018 By Ryan Pait

Meet Gus (while you can)

HMNS Shows Off Antarctic Wonders... While They Last

Gus the penguin is enjoying his time in Houston, but we're worried about the future of his home continent.

07/11/2017 By Hannah Lauritzen