Meter Reading: Drought, Water Restrictions, and Fracking Real Estate

USA TODAY looks at how drought is expanding across the lower 48.

In The Texas Tribune, Kate Galbraith looks at a new EPA plan regulating haze in National Parks that would affect Texas power plants. 

San Antonio is back in stage one watering restrictions, allowing lawn watering only once a week, after levels in the Edwards Aquifer dropped.

The Durham Herald-Sun reports on how a Texas builder is selling their homes with the stipulation that they retain the mineral rights.