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Environment

‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’: Texans Hang On in Tragedy-Stricken Hill Country

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

by Candice Bernd

Keep Reading

In the Hill Country and Beyond, Rural Texas Counties Lack Resources for Flood Detection

by Lise Olsen

‘Disasters Are a Human Choice’: Texas Counties Have Little Power to Stop Building in Flood-Prone Areas

by Joshua Fechter and Paul Cobler

I Remember the 2002 Fourth of July Hill Country Floods. This Year, the Water Returned.

by Chaney Hill

water Sep 03, 2013

Come And Take It: Court Ruling Dares Regulators to Limit Pumping

by Forrest Wilder

Aug 28, 2013

Dallas City Council Rejects Fracking

by Priscila Mosqueda

Sens. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston), Jose Rodriguez (D-El Paso) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) Aug 27, 2013

Who’s the Greenest? Environment Texas Releases 2013 Scorecard

by Forrest Wilder

An oil field south of Odessa, TX. Aug 23, 2013

Sorting Fact from Fiction in the Fracking Water Debate

by Forrest Wilder

Aug 09, 2013

Whistleblower, Landowners: TransCanada is Botching the Job on Keystone XL Pipeline

by Priscila Mosqueda

Aug 05, 2013

Q&A with Kate Galbraith on Wind, Water and Leaving Texas

by Forrest Wilder

Jul 26, 2013

Groundwater Contamination Higher Near North Texas Gas Wells

by Forrest Wilder

Containers of radioactive waste at the Waste Control Specialists' dump in Andrews, Texas. Jul 03, 2013

UPDATED: Problems With a West Texas Radioactive Waste Dump Get Buried

by Forrest Wilder

An oil field south of Odessa, TX. Jun 24, 2013

Observer Analysis Finds Fracking Water Use Underestimated in Eagle Ford Shale

by Forrest Wilder

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