Texas Drought

Unprecedented: Thousands Of Rice Farmers May Not Get Water Due To Drought

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 02.21.2012 | Green

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LISSIE, Texas (AP) — Five generations of Ronald Gertson's family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no ma...

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Texas Drought Killed 5.6 Million Urban Shade Trees

Reuters | Posted 02.16.2012 | Green

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By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Some 5.6 million urban shade trees were killed by the record drought that baked Texas ...

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Texas Drought Over For Dallas-Fort Worth

AP | Posted 02.03.2012 | Green

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HOUSTON (AP) — The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is s...

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Ecosystem Economics: Navigating the Water-Food-Energy Nexus

Andrew Winston | Posted 02.01.2012 | Green

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If a community runs out of water, it affects everyone in the area, even companies that were good stewards of the resource. The collective nature of these resources means that everyone shares both the responsibilities for their protection and the risks of their scarcity.

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A 'Drought Survival Kit' For Suffering Texas Homeowners

AP | By BETSY BLANEY | Posted 01.31.2012 | Green

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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texans watched disaster unfold slowly last year as a historic drought took a withering toll across the region. Trees died by the mi...

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Texas Town Relying On Tanker Trucks For Water

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 01.31.2012 | Green

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SPICEWOOD, Texas (AP) — Tanker trucks loaded with water have become the lifeline for a Texas lakefront village that came precariously close to becom...

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Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government

Christian Parenti | Posted 01.26.2012 | Green

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During natural disasters, society regularly turns to the state for help, which means such immediate crises are a much-needed reminder of just how important a functional big government turns out to be to our survival.

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It's Climate Change, Stupid

Elliott Negin | Posted 01.23.2012 | Green

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The biggest long-term threat to the U.S. economy isn't government over-regulation, high taxes, or even the deficit. It's climate change. But you won't hear this from any of the presidential candidates, or the media covering their campaigns.

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World's Last Surviving Flock Of Whooping Cranes Threatened

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 01.09.2012 | Green

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FULTON, Texas — Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily...

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Millions Of Trees Lost In Texas Drought

AP | Posted 12.20.2011 | Green

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- A preliminary state estimate says as many as a half-billion trees died this year across Texas from the drought persisting ac...

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Texas Drought Takes Cow Numbers Down By 600K

AP | BETSY BLANEY | Posted 02.15.2012 | Green

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LUBBOCK, Texas — The worst drought in Texas' history has led to the largest-ever one-year decline in the leading cattle-state's cow herd, raisin...

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Rains, Cooler Temps Ease Wildfire Concerns In Texas

John Harden | Posted 02.08.2012 | Green

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Johnson County, Texas hasn't had a burn ban in effect for three weeks, the ban's longest rescindment since one was enacted in early spring.

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Texas Drought 2011: Conditions Are Improving

AP | Posted 12.08.2011 | Green

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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Recent rains in parts of Texas have led to less than half of the state being in the worst category of drought for the first time sin...

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Texas Towns Find Fast Solutions To Water Problems

AP | By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 02.04.2012 | Green

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GROESBECK, Texas -- In a tranquil state park in Central Texas, workers are busily piecing together massive yellow pipes that spell salvation for this ...

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Water's Economics as Muddy as Ever

Andrew Winston | Posted 01.30.2012 | Business

Read More: Texas Drought, Water Demand, Water Resources, Water Supply, Water Economics, Business News

Water's economics are anything but clear. Water is one of the world's most glaring commercial anomalies, with a price reflecting nothing more than the costs to extract and distribute it.

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Congress Ignores Scientific Reality, Kills National Climate Service Proposal

Elliott Negin | Posted 01.22.2012 | Green

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Given what scientists now know about the link between climate change and heat waves, floods, droughts and heavy downpours, the time for a national climate service is now. But unfortunately Congress is moving in the opposite direction.

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Drought Leaves Slim Pickings For Migrating Birds

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 11.21.2011 | Green

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- From nesting grounds in Alaska and Idaho to the prairie potholes in Canada, thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese and other mi...

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Drought Exposes Ghost Towns, Graves In Texas

AP | By MICHAEL GRACZYK and ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 11.21.2011 | Green

BLUFFTON, Texas -- Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest o...

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Texas Drought Endangers Power Projects

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 01.02.2012 | Green

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BAY CITY, Texas — Ever since the days of Spindletop, when oil first spewed from the soil near Beaumont, Texans have embraced the energy industry...

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Texas Gulf Coast Sees Largest Algae Bloom In Over A Decade

AP | By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 12.17.2011 | Green

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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Historic drought conditions are fueling the largest algae bloom in more than a decade along the Texas Gulf Coast, killing...

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Texas Drought Will Mar Landscape For Years

AP | By JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 12.14.2011 | Green

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DALLAS -- Pockets of brown, sickly trees mar the traditionally majestic pine woods in East Texas. Leafless oaks can be seen across the state. Even nat...

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Texas Drought Lowers Wildlife Birth Rate

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 12.13.2011 | Green

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HOUSTON — In a 30-mile area of the Texas Panhandle, biologists found 76 white-tailed deer – but zero babies. Not far away, they located on...

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Texas Drought: 'Tough Choices' Ahead For The Thirsty State, Water Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.07.2011 | Green

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AUSTIN, Texas -- On Thursday evening, Austin's local Fox News weatherman Scott Fisher gave his viewers a welcome forecast: a "big time" chance of rain...

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Texas Drought Makes Search for Hay Difficult, Expensive

John Harden | Posted 12.06.2011 | Business

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As the worst drought in Texas continues to drag on, Rodney Wortham said holding on to his dream life is possibly the worst financial mistake he could've made.

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Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity

Paul Yeager | Posted 12.02.2011 | Green

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Currently, nearly 97% of the state is in an extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst drought categories.

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