{"id":2749,"date":"2011-12-05T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2011-12-05T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T16:35:29","slug":"now-read-this-the-top-5-stories-of-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/05\/now-read-this-the-top-5-stories-of-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Read This: The Top 5 Stories of Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2526\"  class=\"wp-caption module image center\" style=\"max-width: 594px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\" A warning sign along the shore of the dried O.C. Fisher Lake this summer in San Angelo, Texas.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835665.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2526\" title=\"Farmers, Ranchers Struggle As Texas Endures Historic Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835665.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835665.jpg 594w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835665-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835665-220x146.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A warning sign along the shore of the dried O.C. Fisher Lake this summer in San Angelo, Texas.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The top five new stories of last week from StateImpact Texas, in case you missed them:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/01\/the-texas-drought-as-seen-from-space-things-dont-look-good\/\">The Texas Drought, as Seen from Space (Things Don&#8217;t Look Good)<\/a>.\u00a0During\u00a0a drought, it feels like all you can do is wait and wait for rain.\u00a0Well, we may have to wait a little longer.\u00a0A\u00a0new NASA map\u00a0shows that groundwater and soil moisture levels in Texas are at their \u201clowest levels seen in more than 60 years.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/29\/burying-toxic-water-texas-community-keeps-on-plugging-to-halt-it\/\">Not Under My Back Yard: Community Fights Toxic Water Well.<\/a>\u00a0In Montgomery County, the interests of industry are colliding with the well-being of communities. Are political favors a factor?<!--more--><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/29\/a-history-of-drought-and-extreme-weather-in-texas\/\">A History of Drought and Extreme Weather in Texas.<\/a>\u00a0What was it like to be there for the first drought in Texas? Does the past have anything to tell us about our future? A\u00a0new timeline of droughts and heat in Texas\u00a0has some answers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/28\/abundant-natural-gas-spells-trouble-for-renewables\/\">How Abundant Natural Gas Spells Trouble for\u00a0Renewables<\/a>. Since it&#8217;s such an inexpensive energy source now, has gas has gone from being a bridge to renewables and become a barrier instead?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/02\/five-ways-to-survive-the-drought\/\">Five Ways to Survive the Drought.<\/a>\u00a0Some helpful ideas for everyday Texans to make life in the drought a little easier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top five new stories of last week from StateImpact Texas, in case you missed them: The Texas Drought, as Seen from Space (Things Don&#8217;t Look Good).\u00a0During\u00a0a drought, it feels like all you can do is wait and wait for rain.\u00a0Well, we may have to wait a little longer.\u00a0A\u00a0new NASA map\u00a0shows that groundwater and soil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":2526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[61,15,22,83],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}