Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather — is this the new normal for Texas?
What was it like to be there for the first drought in Texas? Does the past have anything to tell us about our future? A new timeline of droughts and heat in Texas has some answers. The list, put together by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), the state’s water research group at Texas A&M […]
In case you missed it, here are the most-read new stories from last week: Things Get Testy Between Rice Professor and Alaskan Congressman: At a recent hearing on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley got into a heated exchange with Rep. Don Young of Alaska. Texas Asks […]
The worst single-year drought in Texas history has left deer undernourished and, in some cases, dying in greater numbers than before. Many of the deer hunters are bringing home are skinnier than normal and the population of fawns surviving through the summer took a nosedive in many parts of the state. At McBrides Gunās in […]
The town of Groesbeck’s water issues have been making news for over a week now. The town is running out of water, and while estimates vary as to exactly when that will happen, everyone seems to agree it’s a real enough possibility in the near future to be worried. The town approved a stopgap measure […]
It was supposed to burn tonight, a stack of wood over thirty feet high, with an outhouse painted burnt orange on top. In a tradition dating back to 1909, Texas A&M University students and alumni gather together to light a massive bonfireĀ before the annual rivalry football game with the University of Texas at Austin. This […]
Good news for the many Texans living through the drought who are letting their grass die. A new campaign by the Central Texas Water Efficiency Network (a group of water providers and conservation advocates) allows you to show off your dying grass as a model for conservation. Free signs are now available to residents to […]
What did the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club have to say today about the news that the group’s national leader, Carl Pope, will be stepping down next year? Pope had drawn criticism from Sierra Club and others for reaching out to labor and industry. The announcement that Pope is leaving shouldn’t have come […]
Five Things You Might Not Know About Water in Texas:Ā Thereās been a whole slew of reporting on the drought in Texas recently. Whatās new here that youĀ didn’tĀ 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 […]
The head of the Sierra Club, Carl Pope, is leaving next year, according to media reports. Pope had drawn criticism for reaching out to labor and industry. The Los Angeles Times broke the story and has an interview with Pope: Pope said he will leave his position as chairman to devote most of his time […]
Earlier this week we asked, What Happens When Water Runs Out? One of the locales on a government list of places expected to run out of water looked poised to go dry any week now. The small town of Groesbeck, with just 4,328 people, gets all of its water from the Navasota river, which is […]
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