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The Texas drought is throwing into question the usefulness of old distinctions between surface water and groundwater.
Yana Skorobogatov contributed reporting to this article. If the state encounters another scorching hot summer like we had last year, the choice will be between rolling blackouts or ramped-up conservation, said Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ) President Tripp Doggett at a State House hearing today. “If we have the same summer as last […]
Looks like those hoping the conflict between Texas and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would cool down after Rick Perry’s departure from the presidential race are in for some disappointment. On Tuesday, the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates drilling in the state, fired a shot across the bow of the EPA. The message? Don’t touch […]
New interim charges for the Texas Senate give us a sneak peak of what energy and environmental issues will be in the mix next year.
Some big changes could be in play for water in Central Texas. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which manages water and some energy projects in the region, released a draft of its water plan today for the decades to come. As Texas continues to reel from a record drought while adding more people, some changes […]
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Burros marched, pipelines were delayed, and wells caught fire. In case you missed it, here are the five top posts from StateImpact Texas over the last week: Four Reasons Why Obama Decided Against the Keystone XL Pipeline: What was behind the president’s decision? A new document sheds some light. Where the […]
A few ideas on how the invasive species got here.
One is big news in Washington, DC, the other is big drinkin’ on college campuses. As the Keystone XL pipeline made headlines once again this week, the National Journal thought to ask the makers of Keystone beer what they thought of the inadvertent attention suddenly coming their way: ““They share the same name, but that’s […]
Words matter in life. And the case of the the wild donkeys of West Texas is no exception.
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), the state entity that handles water for Central Texas, has announced their New Year’s resolution for 2012. And instead of losing weight, they want to gain some: A whopping 272 billion pounds (of water). In a news release today, the LCRA says that it’s set a major goal of increasing its […]
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