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	<title>StateImpact Texas &#187; Innovation</title>
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		<title>When Energy Goes Hollywood: A Conversation With Michael Webber</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/04/18/when-energy-goes-hollywood-a-conversation-with-michael-webber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas Production In Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Energy In Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Production In Texas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it’s a reflection of the integral role that energy plays in American life, but energy has also played a big role in Hollywood &#8212; from the oilfields in &#8216;Giant&#8217; to a nuclear time machine in ‘Back to the Future’. A new television show premiering tonight takes a closer look at the connection. Associate Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Texas, Underground Reservoirs Take Hold</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/04/04/in-texas-underground-reservoirs-take-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Texas Tribune: Texas summers are so hot that in many West Texas reservoirs, more water evaporates than gets used by people. In 2011, more water evaporated out of Lakes Travis and Buchanan in Central Texas than was used by their largest city customer, Austin. So what about storing water underground — in manmade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Texas, Recycling Oilfield Water Has Far to Go</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/03/19/in-texas-recycling-oilfield-water-has-far-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Texas Tribune:  In an Austin warehouse, a four-year-old company called Omni Water Solutions is working on a way to recycle water used in hydraulic fracturing. Its technology involves a large container, dubbed a “Hippo,” that purifies water from oilfields via filters and other means. The scrubbed water could potentially be reused in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Downsize Me</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/03/18/super-downsize-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Documentary Looks at the Tiny House Movement While American homes have grown larger and larger over the years on average, a small group has decided to buck that trend to live tiny. Really small. As in, under 200 square feet small.  A new film, &#8216;TINY,&#8217; which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA: Fuel Efficiency is Up, While Vehicle Emissions are Down</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/03/18/epa-fuel-efficiency-is-up-while-vehicle-emissions-are-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report says you’re likely to be feeling less pain at the pump than in years past – and not just because gas prices are down a bit this week. Cars and trucks are getting better mileage than ever, and the air is cleaner as a result. The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Harnesses Wind, Spotlight Envelops Boy</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/03/15/boy-harnesses-wind-spotlight-envelops-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Wind And Non-Solar Renewable Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Solar Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Wind Power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen the TED talk, or read the book, or just seen an interview with him somewhere like CNN or the Daily Show. He&#8217;s William Kamkwamaba, a young man from Malawi, who dropped out of school at a young age and built his family a windmill. From junk. And it worked. In the early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracing the Culprit if Fracking Pollutes Water Supplies</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/01/22/scientists-close-to-testing-tracers-for-drilling-fluid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Fehling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Railroad Commission of Texas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/?p=23225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists are developing ways to add non-toxic tracers to drilling fluid so if groundwater is contaminated, investigators would be able to pinpoint if an oil or gas drilling operation was to blame. &#8220;What&#8217;s impossible at the moment is if you’ve got multiple companies in an area and it&#8217;s thought there is contamination, there is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Brownwood, Unique Wastewater Plant Still Not a Done Deal</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/01/10/in-brownwood-unique-wastewater-plant-still-not-a-done-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/01/10/in-brownwood-unique-wastewater-plant-still-not-a-done-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Barer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reclaimed Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCEQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[texas water development board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/?p=22902</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The small city of Brownwood, Texas could soon have something in common with the African nation of Namibia: a wastewater treatment facility that cleans wastewater (including the stuff from the bathroom) and returns it directly to city water pipes, where it becomes drinking water. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved construction of the wastewater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Tax Credit Spared in &#8216;Fiscal Cliff&#8217; Deal</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/01/02/wind-tax-credit-spared-in-fiscal-cliff-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/01/02/wind-tax-credit-spared-in-fiscal-cliff-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terrence Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Wind Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Energy Transmission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/?p=22616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a week after Texas hit another record for wind power generation, the wind industry and the green energy sector are breathing a huge sigh of relief today after Congress extended a tax credit that was set to expire. The Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been around since 1992, and gives producers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERCOT Says the Grid Can Handle Electric Cars</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2012/12/18/ercot-says-the-grid-can-handle-electric-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2012/12/18/ercot-says-the-grid-can-handle-electric-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mose Buchele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERCOT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The potential for electric cars to reduce pollution and save drivers some gas money has spurred a market for the vehicles (not to mention government investment). But there&#8217;s always been a lingering concern about the vehicles, especially in Texas where we often hear about the fragility of our electric grid. The worry goes something like [...]]]></description>
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