Now Read This: Our Top 5 Stories from Last Week
- Five Things You Might Not Know About Water in Texas: There’s been a whole slew of reporting on the drought in Texas recently. What’s new here that you didn’t already know? Plenty.
- Who Uses the Most Water in Austin? We looked at data from Austin Water and discovered some customers use over a million gallons of water a year. Use our interactive map to see where the top 25 water users in Austin live, and how much water they use.
- When Hazardous Waste Lived Right Down the Street: What would it be like to grow up down the street — literally a block away — from a plant that treats hazardous waste? For the residents of the Dona Park neighborhood in Corpus Christi, this isn’t a hypothetical question.
- Ten Things You Should Know About the Texas Drought: It’s a question on everyone’s mind, one with an elusive answer — when will the drought end? How did we get here? Is there an end in sight? These and more questions, answered.
- If Austin Goes Coal-Free, Could the Rest of Texas Follow? The mayor of Austin announced his re-election last week, and with it a new pledge: running Austin free of coal-powered energy. What does this mean for the city and the state?