Texas' Cotton Boll

Farmers Fight Boll Weevil Program in Court

"...boll weevil eradication program had a showdown at the Texas Supreme Court. Supporters said the Legislature was correct in..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...parks planning over the next decade. Last week the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. released a draft of the..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Can Texas Clean Up Its Climate Footprint?

State Rep. Erin Zwiener outlines a House environmental agenda

"...The obvious obstacles to sustainability in Texas remain unchanged: the power of the oil and gas..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Capitol Chronicle

The Lege attempt at air pollution control gets shot down in court.

"...the centerpiece of the Legislature's plan to clean up Texas air withered and died like bluebonnets in July. State..."

May 3, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...most powerful -- and most feared -- politician in Texas. His longevity, volatile temper, encyclopedic knowledge of state issues,..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Cowboys & Critters

Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice Between...

"...government is "invading" the lands of property owners in Texas, and once compared the freeing of the slaves to..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Night of the Living BCCP, Part 37

Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Half a Loaf?

"...finally agreed on a framework for the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP). They agreed to prepare and submit a..."

May 19, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Environmental Cage Match

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

"...to move here last year for an unusual reason: Texas' horrendous air pollution problem. A nationally respected Sierra Club..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Capitol Chronicle

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

"...Out in the East Texas county of Milam,..."

April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Hops, Barley, and ... Rainwater?

The Bitter End's Environmental Pale Ale is ready just in time for the Teas Craft Brewers Festival

"...and I can attest they used only the finest natural ingredients – organic hops and barley along with rainwater..."

May 14, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Coal Hard Cash

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

"...after years of fighting the company before the Railroad Commission and Milam County courts -- no recourse...."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

"...days, he's positively beaming. Wind-powered generators, long shunned by Texas electric utilities, are primed to break into the state's..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Dam Shame

Trout fishing group and recreational users oppose Guadalupe Blanco River Authority's plan to sell water to growing communities.

"...handsome and fierce trout from crystal waters. In Central Texas, where there is but one fishery that sustains this..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...the referendum to abolish the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, the only local government with the authority to..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

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

"...doggedness, and a little bit of luck, the Central Texas community organization called Neighbors for Neighbors has latched onto..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...Austin Metro Info BBS Modem: 251-8712. Includes information on Texas parks - number of campsites, what's available at them,..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Bush's Xmas Stocking: Burning Coal?

New state and federal regulations threaten the Clean Air Act

"...On Dec. 19, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission voted to change the factors..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Trout Unlimited, along with residents of Canyon Lake, petition the TNRCC to stop the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority from taking more water from the lake, reducing river flows and potentially harming trout and the environment.

"...It's never been easy being a trout bum in Texas. Trout anglers dream of catching fish more likely to..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Baby It's Warm Outside

Critics say TNRCC sees pollution problems but won't do anything about it.

"...In previous years, critics of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission have accused the agency of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

TNRCC is up for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission, but major changes don't seem likely.

"...agency must appear before the state legislature's Sunset Advisory Commission (four state reps, four senators, and two public members)..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Naked City

The TNRCC votes to delay working on ways to reduce Texas' contribution global warming, focusing instead on cleaning up pollution in the state's big cities first.

"...open water at the North Pole, but the three commissioners of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission aren't going..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

EPA on Unclean Energy: "No Source Review"

The Bush Administration's rollback of New Source Review could guarantee more dirty air for years to come.

"...30 year history" was how John Walke of the Natural Resources Defense Council described it. Texas green groups were..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

As the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission undergoes Sunset review, a new report details a host of citizen concerns about the agency's complaint review process.

"...fall of 1994, Billy and Grace Akers contacted the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission about a rancid smell that..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Capitol Chronicle

Environmental groups notify Alcoa Corp. of intent to sue over environmental violations.

"...its documents to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for review earlier this summer,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Big River

How healthy is Austin's Colorado River?

"...pristine Colorado, life as we know it in Central Texas could dry up and blow away like so much..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...but in far southeast Travis County, at locally owned Texas Disposal Systems' site in Creedmoor.) Both landfills are located..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Arch-Subversive

"...Funded by the General Services Commission, the City of Austin Electric Utility Department, the Texas..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Capitol Chronicle

Proposed New Air Pollution Rules for Houston Cover a Multitude of Industrial Sins

"...delighted to learn that the air pollution problem in Texas is not as bad as you thought it was...."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Bush's Dirty Plan for Clean Skies

Bush's plan to "reduce" emissions could actually mean more air pollution.

"...warn that Bush's plan could be particularly dirty for Texas. Bush actually offered two plans -- the Clear Skies..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...said Jim Marston. The Austin lawyer who directs the Texas office of the Environmental Defense Fund was talking about..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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