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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Waterworld 2011
by Texas Observer Staff / Posted on | No CommentsWhen we consider whether creatures live on other planets, the first question is always the same: Is there water? In poor countries, people fight [...]
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Playing By The Rule
by Joe Nick Patoski / Posted on | No CommentsWater and where to get it has been an obsession ever since humans arrived in the American West. People have searched, begged, lied, stolen, [...]
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by Bob Moser / Posted on | No CommentsIs there some secret liberal benefactor out there paying handsome bonuses to Texas Republicans who make headline-grabbing jackasses of themselves—and us? Even if you’re [...]
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Congressman Michael Burgess’ Hot Air Flip Flop
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsTwo words: Flip. Flop. WASHINGTON – When news broke last month that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality failed to notify the public about [...]
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