Supremes Navigate Water Law

What is a navigable waterway? Court's latest weighing of limits of Clean Water Act portends future of additional regulatory battles and likely talk of amending the act

"...the federal government in defining what is a navigable waterway subject to enforcement under the 1972 Clean Water Act...."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Can Federal Funds Clear Up Local Water Problems?

Water quality is worst in marginalized communities

"...the pipe connections came apart in his hands. "The water quality has always been terrible," he says. "It ruins..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Call to Citizens to Be Proactive on Water Issues

"...can all reduce our carbon footprint, falls short in water conservation – one of the most basic ways for..."

July 9, 2009 Postmarks

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...Twentysomethings are typically attracted to Austin for its casually hip vibe, graduate school,..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...struggle within the "soul of the city," but an actual battle for that soul against forces that would deprive..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Showdown at Lick Creek

As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart

"...decline in value. About a mile upstream, at the headwaters of the east fork of Lick Creek, pollution discharging..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

EPA Raises Questions About Dripping Springs Wastewater

Opinions differ on Onion Creek water standards

"...yet dodge the bullet – more precisely, the treated wastewater discharge requested by the city of Dripping Springs as..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Big River

How healthy is Austin's Colorado River?

"...the 65-year-old Lower Colorado River Authority. There's plenty of water as far as the eye can see -- and..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...delivers a friendly, rambling talk on the progress of water district legislation at the Capitol, another water board official..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Shattered Icon

Living Legend Ann Richards Steps Off the Pedestal

"...the GOP was wrong to "belittle us for demanding clean air and clean water, for trying to save the..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...boyish face, he looks 10 years younger than his actual age, 41. He wears conservative ties, button-down shirts, and..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Impaired Judgment

SOS Alliance enters the controversy over toxins at Barton Springs.

"...listings for Barton Springs and Barton Creek as "impaired" waterways under the federal Clean Water Act. The Texas Commission..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lick Creek Goes to Court

The latest on the battle to keep the stream clean

"...The legal action comes just two weeks after regulatory authorities said they..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: From Earth Day to Climate Strike

In a dark time, it's worth recalling decades of progress

"...oceans and cryosphere (ice caps, snow ice, all frozen water). It is neither easy nor reassuring reading. Although the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

TCEQ can't agree on punishing profitable polluters

"...timeliness of enforcement and effectiveness of the monetary penalty tactics. That same year, an EPA review of TCEQ enforcement..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...of rich black soil and an ample supply of groundwater just below the surface, the land was once part..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

The First Earth Day, 1970

Austan Librach remembers

"...uprising – born of anger over unregulated air and water pollution and directly inspired by the mass anti-Vietnam War..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...and flirt. I sat for a while below the waterfall, and when I got out saw a four-foot snake..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Hightower Report

Obama and Congress Can End Mountaintop Removal; and A Bailed-Out Bank Bails Out Its Bankers

"...waste that buries the stream and contaminates downstream drinking water so badly that it runs black out of the..."

April 3, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

County Permits TXI Aggregate Mine

Controversial sand and gravel mining project wins approval

"...the project for potential Corps jurisdiction under the U.S. Clean Water Act. On Jan. 21, Stephen Brooks of the..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...early voting locations, p.26) -- but voting is not actually done in the stores. County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir says..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...tunnel, which will be used to transport untreated storm water runoff from the expanding interchange to Williamson Creek. But..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Hightower Report

The Pentagon scraps Internet voting; and Bush's mining allies make molehills out of mountains

"...Actually, this contract did pit American voters against a foreign..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...-- attacking the council's delay in approving the 50-year water pact with the Lower Colorado River Authority, which the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...acres of undeveloped land to safeguard the quality of rainwater runoff into the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Enviro groups call for more, not fewer, limits on power plant emissions

"...in the atmosphere. Once airborne, it falls into our water as methyl mercury, which is ingested by the fish...."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Good Catholic Girl

On the Lege

"...his missive, is that Dukes "has stubbornly refused to retract her statement." She admits she did tell Roberts that..."

May 5, 1995 News Column

Naked City

Algae blooms near development previously cited for construction runoff, but LCRA says growth is normal

"...The grass may in fact be greener over at West Cypress Hills, the newest..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

The LCRA shuts down – again – the controversial West Cypress Hills project

"...nonfunctioning riser pipe (a sediment filtering device) in a storm-water detention pond. The vertical pipe was supposed to be..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Slapped With More Environmental Violations

We Musk ask you to follow the law

"...to completion, plagued by pesky environmental laws like the Clean Water Act. Two weeks ago the Texas Commission on..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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