Vol 3, Issue 12

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed legislation that could make it tougher for local governments to sue big-time polluters – an effort that largely targets Harris County prosecutors. 

Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed two more pieces of legislation in the wake of the 84th legislative session.

Gov. Greg Abbott's office on Thursday named Bech Bruun, a current member of the Texas Water Development Board, the board's next chairman. Effective immediately, he replaces Carlos Rubinstein, according to the board.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Samuel D. Brody, a landscape architecture and urban planning professor at Texas A&M University's College of Architecture.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Storm of the Century.

As excess water from floods flows to the Gulf, some water planners are considering turning to aquifers to implement the state's water infrastructure and help ease droughts.

After heavy rains and flooding ended or eased the drought in many areas of Texas, communities around the state have adopted different approaches to rules on water use.

A mix of human activity and environmental problems is threatening the largest lakes in the world, experts say, which is diminishing their water supplies, biodiversity and economic vitality.

The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District now has a new web page to explain the issues dealt with in HB 3405, regarding the district's annexation of the unregulated "white zone" of the Trinity Aquifer in Hays County.

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University has named Andrew Sansom, executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, as one of five "Harte's Heroes: Champions of the Gulf."

Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs.