Tag: environment
Search for answers after Texas’ deadly floods brings lawmakers to devastated Hill Country
KERRVILLE, Texas – Texas lawmakers will take their search for answers following the deadly July 4 floods to the heart of the devastation in...
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
“The Climate Working Group and the Energy Department look forward to engaging with substantive comments following the conclusion of the 30-day comment period,” Woods...
Hays County Commissioners vote against upgraded septic system for San Marcos shopping center
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Several businesses in San Marcos may have to close because of an out-of-date septic system. ...
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of...
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to...
Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund
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Coastal Prairie Conservancy enters preservation agreement with Three Oaks Farm in Waller County | Houston Public Media
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The Coastal Prairie Conservancy has preserved another 220 acres of land in the Houston region.
The organization has entered into...
The Texas Floods Were a Preview of What’s to Come
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The country watched in horror as torrential rain drenched Texas earlier...
In Kerr County, some summer camps are reopening after the devastating July 4 flood
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The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
“When combined with other Pacific pathways to Australia and New Zealand, nearly 4 percent of the population could migrate each year,” says Jane McAdam,...