The community of Spicewood Beach, about 40 miles northwest of Austin, is just days away from running out of water. As Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, the owner of Spicewood’s water system is preparing to truck in water to meet residents’ needs.
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Coverage of climate, conservation, natural resources, and environmental policy shaping the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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New Wave of Drilling Transforming Parts of South Texas
Hydraulic fracturing has moved into parts of rural South Texas once known for their poultry and cattle industries, bringing new jobs and tax revenue. But as Dave Fehling of StateImpact Texas reports, drilling has also saddled cities with new concerns.
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State Parks Facing Long-Term Budget Woes
Texas Parks and Wildlife launched a public fundraising campaign last month to fill a significant budget shortfall. And as Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports, the next few years could prove even rougher for state parks if the drought and extreme heat persist.
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Plant Accident Exposes Weaknesses in State’s Power Grid
An accident at the Sandy Creek power plant, outside of Waco, has been shrouded in secrecy since October. Mose Buchele of KUT News reports on how a delay in operations there will affect the state’s electricity supply.
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Guest Column: Obama Got It Wrong on Keystone XL
Not only would Keystone XL have brought jobs to the United States, it would have bolstered our national security by bringing us almost 1 million barrels each day of secure, North American oil.
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Guest Column: Obama Got It Right on Keystone XL
The pipeline would have been a disaster for our climate, the quality of the air we breathe and critical water resources across our country.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root on the end of Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, Murphy on what happens to his campaign cash, Ramsey on his next act, Ramshaw, Aaronson, Murphy, Chang and Seger interactively chart the rise and fall of his run, Aguilar talks Juárez violence with a documentary filmmaker, Galbraith on the tug-of-war over surface water, Grissom and Murphy on three decades of capital punishment in Texas, Hamilton and Aaronson on our workforce needs in 2018 and Tan on the state’s much-reduced list of women’s health clinics: The best of our best content from January 16-20, 2012.
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Guest Column: The Keystone XL Decision was Right
The pipeline would have been a disaster for our climate, the quality of the air we breathe, and critical water resources across our country. It would have deepened our dependence on dirty oil from Canada’s tar sands, producing catastrophic levels of global warming pollution.
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Guest Column: The Keystone XL Decision was Wrong
Not only would Keystone XL have brought jobs to the United States, it would have bolstered our national security by bringing us almost one million barrels each day of secure, North American oil.
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Donkey Procession at Capitol Aims to Protect Wild Burros
An unlikely sight descended on the Capitol on Wednesday: a contingent of donkeys circling the building in the midday sun. As Mose Buchele of KUT News reports, the animals were led there as part of a protest aimed at stopping state officials from killing wild burros in West Texas.