It’s been a relatively short 2011 for us, as StateImpact Texas only launched in November. But in that short time there’s been plenty to chew on while covering energy and the environment in Texas. Issues like the drought, climate change, pipelines and pollution (and some others, like burgers, shipping container coffeehouses, and the iPod of thermostats). Here […]
The latest drought monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center was released Thursday, and, while it showed much of Texas is slowly inching its way out of extreme drought, some other numbers give cause for concern. While rains have blessed much of the state this month, many lakes, reservoirs and aquifers are not refilling and show only […]
Years from now, when Texans talk about 2011 they’ll probably remember one thing above everything else: the weather. The drought , the extreme heat and the fires that came with it have made this an historic year for Texas. And it will leave a mark that will be felt long after the drought is over. […]
It’s Thursday, which means a new drought monitor has been released from the National Drought Mitigation Center, and there’s some good news as Texas heads into the new year: 32 percent of the state is in the highest level of drought, “exceptional,” down from 39 percent just last week and 86 percent of Texas three […]
As 2011 winds down, the environmental story of the year for Texas is undoubtedly the drought. The last year has seen record heat, record dryness, devastating wildfires, and widespread losses of crops and cattle. There are two new books on drought and water in the Southwest that may provide some insight as we head into a 2012, […]
You’re probably recovering from too much nog and eating leftover ham sandwiches, but in case you missed it, here’s out top five new posts from the last week: Due to Drought, Houston Drinking More Dallas Wastewater:Â It’s long been a joke based on facts: take a drink from a tap in Houston and say ‘thank you’ […]
Christmas came a little early for a small slice of Texas this year. We can now say that part of Texas is no longer in drought. A small part, to be sure, only 0.01 percent, but it’s happy news nonetheless. According to new data from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska […]
It’s long been a joke based on facts: take a drink from a tap in Houston and say ‘thank you’ to your friends in Dallas for flushing their toilets.
A new estimate by the Texas Forest Service says that as many as 500 million trees have died this year because of the drought. Using data from foresters, the group estimated that “100 million to 500 million trees with a diameter of 5 inches or larger on forestland were estimated to have succumbed to the […]
Recently we’ve looked at how the drought is affecting livestock, farming and even fishing. But it is also taking a toll on roads. As Lucia Duncan reports for KUT, “the dry spell has sucked all the moisture out of Central Texas’s topsoil. And that’s caused cracks to form and bumps to pop up.” What’s happening […]
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