Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...research report found no evidence of connections between ground­water contamination and hydraulic fracturing, was forced into retirement after failing..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Green or Greenwash?

COTA agrees to "sustainability" at F1, but is it the real deal?

"...recycling and composting bins, but it takes only 10% contamination to turn it into 100% trash. So across race..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge Recommends Rejecting Rodney Reed Appeal

Magistrate judge contends that DNA proves Reed's guilt

"...found elsewhere on Stites' body was likely due to contamination at the crime scene by officials who did not..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sweat, Equity

How vegan doughnuts can help fix the economy

"...ingredients are carefully sourced and managed; for example, a cross-contamination incident involving the fryer at their shared commercial kitchen..."

June 8, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Paul's Beliefs No Delusion

"...in a swamp, where it is monitored annually for contamination. Did you know that both the U.S. and the..."

Jan. 7, 2012 Postmarks

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...whether the unknown profile was actually the result of "contamination" – perhaps by a DNA lab worker or one..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reality Pipes: Keystone Project Kicks Up Sand

Will Obama give oil pipeline the green light?

"...EIS states – but environmentalists disagree. "If we have contamination events – which are going to occur, because these..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Point Austin: Bag It

Proposed plastic bag ban will be popular – and under assault

"...$850,000 for collection, litter control, landfill maintenance, and recycling contamination (they regularly jam the equipment). The visible litter is..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Michael King

TDH: 7/25/11

Plastic bag ban, Water Treatment Plant 4 come to council

"...manage including collection, litter management, landfill costs and recycling contamination. This figure does not include the immeasurable cost to..."

July 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse

"...sandwiches are all prepared without any danger of meat "contamination," something my vegetarian husband dreads. Add its many vegan..."

June 17, 2011 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

On Death and Life

Dealing with the death penalty and other notable bills heard this week

"...second, having the determination made during punishment allows "unfettered contamination" of that unique question by other facts and testimony..."

March 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Holly Won't Go Lightly

Nobody said this demolition job would be cheap

"...the nature of the project. "You're talking years of contamination and years of toxic emissions," he said. "We'd rather..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...lab employee Cecily Hamilton suggested that there had been contamination in connection with the Sanders shooting. For the third..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Biofuels Can Save Us

"...for fuel pellets or biogas. We can end the contamination of our groundwater, waterways, and oceans using a renewable,..."

Dec. 11, 2010 Postmarks

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...She later told Fox 7 that she knew of "contamination" of a piece of evidence in the Nathaniel Sanders..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Chickens Come Home To Roost; and Cut Congress, Not Food Stamps

"...the Food and Drug Administration has recalled after salmonella contamination was found in the products of two massive egg..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Daily Hustle: 6/10/10 (Updated x 2)

Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dominates low impact agenda

"...“inexorable trend upwards” in construction materials; and possible cross contamination of the aquifer...."

June 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

Where do alligators in Texas go during the winter?

"...2008, hundreds of the reptiles died due to saltwater contamination...."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Pays for What?

"...and now the Town Lake water tests for fecal contamination and soil tests to confirm that a kid cutting..."

Oct. 6, 2009 Postmarks

Atrazine Dangerous

"...already sued manufacturers of atrazine to pay for water contamination cleanup. This weed killer is hazardous at current EPA..."

Aug. 27, 2009 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Genetically Engineered Invasion; and Big Oil Powers Up in D.C.

"...would put America's native forests in danger of irreversible contamination by these destructive, invasive Frankentrees...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Cookie-Dough Cover-Up; and Madoff Is Not the Problem

"...and to inspect the company's program for preventing food contamination. It has also denied access to pest-control records and..."

July 17, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Yogurt Shop Murder Defendants Set Free

Prosecution not ready for trial

"...found on Thomas' ligature could be the result of cross-contamination that occurred back in 1991 at the Travis County..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

High-Potency Poppycock

Congressman says strong pot calls for stiff prison sentence

"...and about the adverse mental health effects of cannabis contamination are not supported currently by the evidence,” reads a..."

June 22, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Satanic Hand Signals?

"...and manage the case in a way that reduced cross-contamination and kept things from taking on a hysterical edge..."

May 20, 2009 Postmarks

Bare Necessities

Tenor titan Sonny Rollins still peeling bark

"...I eventually had to leave there because of the contamination...."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Article Is Flawed

"...in their own time without pressure of danger of contamination, and therapists were free to draw their own conclusions..."

March 31, 2009 Postmarks

Children and Testimony

Inexperienced interviewers can lead children to make up stories

"...avoid suggestive questioning. There is a huge amount of contamination. That's a huge cause for concern."..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Planview Peanut Plant Ordered Shut

State health inspectors have ordered shut a PCA subsidiary in the panhandle

"...sent an email blaming the outbreak of salmonella on "cross-contamination" of an open contained of peanut butter found in..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

A Lesson in False Confessions

The Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit and a proposed Senate bill address the problem of false confessions

"...for example), they behave coercively, and/or they make the "contamination error," by providing too much detail to a suspect,..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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