Whose Water Is It, Anyway?
by Ian Dille / Posted on | No CommentsBefore the summer of 2009, Bob Wynne could stand on his expansive deck high above Lake Travis and look out over flat, shimmering water. [...]
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At Meeting Today, TCEQ Stays in Big Coal’s Corner
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsUpdated below Even as EPA formally killed Texas’ “flexible” permitting program today, the Perry-appointed commissioners voted 3-0 2-0 to allow the developers of a [...]
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Water Shares
by Charles Porter / Posted on | No CommentsImagine this: Your new neighbors install a powerful pump in their water well, and your well— your drinking water—dries up. In Texas, you would [...]
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Gulf Coast Nuclear Plants at Risk From BP Oil Spill
by Sue Sturgis / Posted on | No CommentsWatchdog groups are warning about the BP oil spill’s potential damage to Gulf and Atlantic coast nuclear power plants that use seawater to cool [...]
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Big Day Tomorrow for TCEQ
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsThe Texas Observer publishes daily online and biweekly in print. Our premier reporting appears first in the magazine and is posted online over the [...]
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