Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink
Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.
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Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.
After decades of negotiations and even a dramatic occupation of a dam in Chiahuaha state, two nations struggle to find a compromise.
Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.
Heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply millions of people.
Workers and activists implore Governor Greg Abbott to consider the dire need for protections in the record-breaking heat.
On the Brazos, one chemical company reigns supreme.
Flooding and bureaucracy drove Mary Kelleher to run for a spot on a powerful North Texas river agency board.
The longtime Gulf Coast activist just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
Development is straining the river that Spanish explorers once called "the Arms of God."
The Army Corps has withdrawn its approval for an expansion of the Matagorda Ship Channel that could disturb a mercury-laden industrial waste site.