Tag: Texas
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Texas College Converts its Football Field into a Working Farm
Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.
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Texas Republicans Attack Agenda 21, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development and All of Europe
You may think that the Agenders are just an extreme fringe, but this is what the State Republican Party of Texas just passed.
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Woman's Life Saved By a Tree She Planted 50 Years Ago
When 95-year-old Alice Wright planted a young live oak in front of her home in Houston a half-century ago, little could she have known that it would one day save her life.
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10,000 Year, Subterranean Clock Will Transform Our View of Time and Technology
A team of engineers, philosophers and musicians is creating a unique, 200ft time piece that will keep ticking for 10,000 years.
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Don’t Mess With Texas's Clean Energy
Clean energy is trying to lead the way in Texas, but there are some roadblocks.
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Continuing Texas Drought Threatens World's Only Self-Sustaining Population of Whooping Cranes
Record-breaking drought is leading to some coastal marshes being saltier than the ocean, and toxic red tide is washing along the shore, threatening whooping cranes.
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Dallas Meat Packing Factory Under Investigation for Dumping Pig Blood Directly Into River
The amount of blood were supposedly so large that a photographer taking aerial photos of the Trinity River noticed it seemed to be running red.
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San Antonio Utility Negotiating Another 400MW of Solar in Next 5 Years
Don't mess with Texas. San Antonio utility takes another step toward achieving 20% renewables by 2020.
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Texas Drought Devastates Mistletoe Crops, Confirming the Planet's War on Christmas
The severe droughts in Texas this year killed most of the state's mistletoe crops, jeopardizing Christmas celebrations throughout the country.
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Texas Drought May Have Killed 500 Million Trees
According to the Texas Forest Service, as many as 500 million trees in the state -- roughly 10 percent of the forests there -- have been killed within the last year alone as a result of 2011's bizarre lack of rainfall.
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Texas Refining Company Fined $12 Million For Clean Air Act Violations in Louisiana
It's the largest-ever criminal fine in Louisiana for violations of the Clean Air Act.
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Rare Flower Bouncing Back in Retiree's Guest Bathroom
The delicate violet blooms of the Bracted twistflower were once a common sight along the roadside in Texas Hill Country, but nowadays the most surefire place to find them just might be in Walter Stewart's guest bathroom.
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Giving Thanks for Successful Grassroots Action
Showing gratitude for some recent grassroots work.
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Former Bread Truck Transformed Into Emergency "Invasive Plant Eradication Unit"
Equipped with tools and books, this customized truck is both a public outreach unit and a “rugged emergency response vehicle” in the fight against invasive plant species in Houston, Texas.
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Texas Drought Is So Bad The Wildfire Season May Not End At All This Year
"If there's a silver lining, it's that because of the drought, we didn't grow a lot of new grass," Texas Forest Service spokesman says.
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Texas' Water Shortage Turning Ranchers & Farmers Against Coal-Fired Utility Expansion
...More water for cooling coal fired plants means less for ranching and farming.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More (Slideshow)
We've featured a lot of treehouses on TreeHugger, but the plans for this one are a little different: Ten cherry trees will be planted in a circle, and pruned and bent over time to form a unique, two story sculpture.
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The Week in Pictures: Cherry Tree Sculptures, Catapulting LED Stars, and More
This week's photo roundup includes a sculpture made from living cherry trees, an artist catapulting LEDs into the sky to make stars, and more.
