Tag: Texas - Page 4
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How Hot Is It In Texas?
I've been to Texas a few times in the past year to visit a friend who moved there, but I'm not planning on returning any time soon if the
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Firefighters Rescue 1,000-Year-Old Tree From Drought
Just outside of Rockport, Texas, stands an ancient Live Oak affectionately known as 'the Big Tree'. For well over 1,000 years, that towering tree has offered its long, cool shadow for weary locals to wade in -- and now they're
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Oil Industry Veterans Fight Peak Oil & Climate Change in Houston (Video)
We all know about the spread of Transition Towns across the Globe, right? But isn't this just another forum for tie-die wearing hippies to promote their vegan and communist ways? It turns out that the Transition
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Drought Brings Texans Falling Water Well Levels & Sinking Foundations
How dry is it it Texas? It is so dry that water-well levels are noticeably dropping. In fact, groundwater levels are sinking enough that, according to the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, "The dip
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50MW Solar Farm Plan Grows to 400MW Due to Low Costs
Earlier this week I posted about how the solar industry can continue ferocious cost reductions, and there are plenty of advocates predicting a solar energy tipping point in the not too distant future. But we are already seeing signs that falling prices
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Why Are Cattle Drought Deaths Across Texas Being Blamed on Too Much Water?
This summer has thus far been brutal across the nation. Drought and high temperatures are making life difficult for farmers and ranchers alike. And it's no surprise that widespread drought in Texas specifically is causing the
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The Secrets of Industrial Composting: Texas' Biggest Composter Reveals All (Video)
Only a Texan would describe compost as "steak and potatoes for plants".
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First Packaging-Free, Zero-Waste Grocery Store In US Coming To Austin, Texas
It's gotten harder and harder over the years to avoid excess packaging when shopping for everyday items, but plans are in the works for a store in Austin (also the home of Whole Foods) that will specialize in local and organic
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Small World: France & Texas Face Similar, Severe Drought Impacts
Texas has a real Texas-size problem on its hands with Frackers Firefighters And Farmers Competing For Water. Similar severe drought-caused problems are shaping up now in parts of Europe.
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In Record Drought, Texas Frackers Firefighters And Farmers Compete For Water
Farmers everywhere require water to raise crops or animals. Texas fracking drillers need water - in some counties extraordinary amounts - to extract their product. Fire fighters too need water to
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Facing Record Droughts, Gov. Rick Perry Proclaims Official Day of Prayer for Rain
Things are getting bad in Texas -- wildfires have swept across over 1 million acres, and the worst drought in decades is continuing unabated. So you can't really blame the state's governor for resorting
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Texas Ups Speed Limit To 85 Miles Per Hour
One might think that in an era of dependence on foreign sources of gasoline, and the wars being fought in oil-rich countries like Iraq or Libya, that it might be in everyone's interest to use a little bit less of the stuff. Or
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Goldman Environmental Prize Awards $150K to Clean Air Activism on the Gulf Coast
This year's North American recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize has been spending more than a decade working in his Texas Gulf Coast community to fight for stronger environmental regulations, better
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Lance Armstrong Foundation's New Home: A Repurposed Warehouse in Revitalizing Neighbourhood
The first things that catch your eye are the boxes, sort of indoor sheds. They are made from remilled roof decking from the old warehouse that is the new home for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, or LIVESTRONG. It isn't
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Compost in 3 Days!? Awesome Industrial-Scale Compost Tumbler (Video)
Some time ago I wrote a post about how to build your own compost tumbler that makes compost in 21 days. I've just come across what looks like an industrial-sized application of the same principles—and
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Dallas Police Bust a Cockfighting Ring, But Prosecution May Not Happen (Video)
Last Saturday, the Dallas Police Department and the Human Society of the United States broke up a cockfighting ring is Dallas. In total, there were about 100 birds on the premises, of which 30 were
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Sustainable Cabin is Homage to Thoreau, Le Corbusier
"What's the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
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Philadelphia Eagles - The Green Team - Scores Touchdown for Energy Independence
Quoting directly from the Philadelphia Eagles presser: "The Eagles have contracted with Orlando FL-based SolarBlue, a
