Vol 3, Issue 22

A Massachusetts consulting firm that was paid $1.65 million by state environmental regulators to help fight federal smog standards is getting more work from Texas, this time exploring how much arsenic it takes to cause cancer.

The ousted author of a study that describes a controversial San Antonio water supply project as “high risk” squared off with the head of the city’s water utility Wednesday.

The Texas Railroad Commission has officially cleared two oilfield companies of responsibility for earthquakes that rattled two North Texas towns — despite research suggesting otherwise.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Fritz Hanselmann, chief underwater archaeologist at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights A Naturalist Goes Fishing.

The Texas Agricultural Land Trust will hold a free seminar on "Impacts of Loss of Rural Land on Water, Wildlife & Agriculture."

The "Navigating Agriculture Through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus" symposium will address the impact of climate change on agriculture and other subjects, such as the effect of the shale boom on agriculture.

The San Antonio Clean Technology Forum, held Oct. 26, laid out views on water quality issues and the city's new water initiatives, including the Vista Ridge pipeline project and others funded by the Texas Water Development Board.

A new study of the declining cod fishery in the Gulf of Maine demonstrates how failure to recognize or adapt to effects of climate change such as rapidly warming ocean waters can jeopardize ecological systems.

Although agriculture is the leading cause of water pollution in the U.S., farmers in drought-stricken states have been slow to adapt such water-conserving practices as no-till and cover cropping.

Stuart Orr of the World Wide Fund for Nature is looking at collaborative partnerships with businesses and environmentalists, reversing the idea that environmentalists are anti-business.

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