by admin | Jan 16, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty, Transmission Lines & Wind Farms
If you want to cook up a battle over private property rights in Texas, here’s the recipe: Take a handful of sprawling cities and growing populations that are expanding into once-rural areas, add a booming oil and gas industry with a desperate need for new pipelines to...
by admin | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Citing Austin’s aggressive environmental goals, which include making municipal operations carbon neutral by 2020, Bloomberg Philanthropies on Friday announced that the Texas capital has won a national climate change challenge. The honor means Austin will join a...
by admin | Jan 14, 2019 | News
As the federal shutdown—which entered Day 20 on Thursday—continues, self-appointed cleanup crews have been organized across the state as well as the nation to help care for parks that have remained open, albeit with little in the way of services. Some, like Viverette...
by admin | Jan 14, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
As urbanization and climate change are impacting aquifers across the country, officials and municipalities are turning to new technologies to meet water demands. For many entities, investing in Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) systems might be the way to go. ASR,...
by admin | Jan 14, 2019 | News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
After Hurricane Harvey inundated the Houston area with rain, scores of homeowners learned too late that their properties were designed to flood. Senate Bill 339 would require such disclosures. It would also force notice of whether a home has previously flooded. State...
