{"id":3079,"date":"2011-12-12T10:09:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T16:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2011-12-12T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T16:09:19","slug":"now-read-this-our-top-5-stories-from-last-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/12\/now-read-this-our-top-5-stories-from-last-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Read This: Our Top 5 Stories from Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here are the top five new stories from StateImpact Texas published last week:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/09\/how-green-is-your-tree-the-real-vs-plastic-debate\/\">How Green is Your Christmas Tree? The Real vs. Plastic Debate<\/a>: It&#8217;s an argument you\u2019ve probably had at holiday parties over eggnog and tea cookies. Which type of Christmas tree is better for the environment, real or plastic?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/07\/your-burgers-about-to-cost-more-thanks-drought\/\">Your Burger&#8217;s About to Cost More Thanks to the Texas Drought<\/a>: Beef has reached record prices and is projected to rise even higher, thanks to a drought that has decimated herds, increased the cost of feed and driven up demand.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/05\/researchers-at-odds-with-texas-government-over-rise-of-the-gulf\/\">Researchers at Odds with Texas Government Over the Rise of the Gulf<\/a>: To some researchers, what\u2019s happening to the sea level is a clear and present danger. But they worry the word is not getting out, and that the State of Texas is diluting it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/09\/tiny-algae-could-be-a-big-source-of-power\/\">Tiny Algae Could be a Big Source of Power<\/a>: \u00a0How these small organisms could one day bring major energy benefits to the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/07\/the-year-in-texas-weather-yes-it-was-awful\/\">The Year in Texas Weather (Yes, it was Awful)<\/a>: Drought, wildfires, record heat &#8212; we look back at what could be the worst year ever of extreme weather in Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here are the top five new stories from StateImpact Texas published last week: How Green is Your Christmas Tree? The Real vs. Plastic Debate: It&#8217;s an argument you\u2019ve probably had at holiday parties over eggnog and tea cookies. Which type of Christmas tree is better for the environment, real or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[61,33],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079"}],"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=3079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3085,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079\/revisions\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}