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Don’t Drink the Water and Don’t Breathe the Air
EPA puts three Texas sites on most-polluted list
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Barton Springs Reopens, With Great Pleasure
The Statesman-spawned toxics crisis is finally over, but threats to Austin water quality remain.
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City Hall: Yes, Austin, Barton Springs Is Still Safe
One more time: City, state, and federal experts refute rash Statesman claims about Barton Springs pollution
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The Hightower Lowdown
Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn’t as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.
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The Hightower Lowdown
Brazil’s indigenous people battle corporate biopirates; the Bush appointee calendar is 12 months of ugly; and the Century Club lets in the riff-raff.
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The Hightower Lowdown
Tom Daschle goes whoring for gold; SBC changes the rules; Rudy Giuliani tries to steal home — playing against the taxpayers.