From the Texas Tribune: Growing up on Long Island in New York, Diana Davids Hinton never thought much about oil drilling. “The closest we got to oil and gas was the local Exxon station,” she says. But upon moving to the Midland-Odessa area in 1973, “I learned it sure wasn’t easy to do 19th-century British […]
The crowd at the Sunset Advisory Commission hearing at the state Capitol on Tuesday was a veritable who’s who of Austin government insiders, officials and activists. That lead to at least one comedic moment when Sunset Commission Chair Dennis Bonnen called “Jim Mann” to give testimony and two men approached the dais. One was Jim […]
There are hardly any bears in Texas, but it hasn’t always been that way. Black bears used to roam the state from the Piney Woods of the east to the mountain ranges of the far west. Then American colonists arrived. Bear hunting was “part of the hunting culture that early Texans enjoyed,” Texas Parks and Wildlife […]
A proposed rate increase will hike up water bills for folks in San Antonio; one man is trying to use mini solar power units to help those still without power after Hurricane Sandy; and eight environmental rules to watch out for after the election, all in your morning Meter Reading: If At First You Don’t […]
The potential expiration of a federal tax credit could have negative effects on Texas’ wind energy industry; as the U.S. develops more and more energy, some are taking a skeptical eye; and more, all in your morning meter reading: Our neighbors at KUHF Houston take a look at what the expiration of the federal wind […]
A new report says renewables will continue to rise, Austin is becoming more attractive to the oil and gas industry, and why trees fall so easily in a storm. All in this morning’s meter reading: Here Comes the Sun: Bloomberg looks at a new report from the International Energy Agency that predicts renewable energy will […]
It’s a good time to buy into sunscreen futures, the ‘War on Coal’ ends in a defeat for the industry, and wind is optimistic once again, all in your morning Meter Reading: Extreme weather is likely to get more extreme, according to a report in the Washington Post. “Warming is likely to be on the high […]
Texans love to talk up their state, but what would rolling blackouts do Texas’ image?
A few weeks ago we reported on the grand opening of a massive 15-acre greenhouse growing tomatoes in the Texas desert. The innovative facility from Village Farms uses little water, lots of diffused light and no soil. It also works by keeping Mother Nature (in the form of pests, floods and drought) out. But sometimes, […]
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