Category: Texas
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Do You Live Near One of America’s Dirtiest Power Plants?
A new Environment America Research and Policy Center report shines a light on America’s largest contributors to carbon pollution. The report ranks each state for its power plant pollution …
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Drought-Stricken Texas Fracks Its Way to Water Shortages
With above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, according to the National Weather Service’s July 25 update, the majority of the state of Texas is in the midst of severe …
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Export Terminal Plans Abandoned as Coal Markets Decline
A proposed coal export terminal at the Port of Corpus Christi has been canceled, according to documents posted on the port’s website. In 2011, Colorado-based New Elk Coal Company …
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Green Building Set to Equal Half of U.S. Construction By 2016
Green building is growing fast in the U.S., and may represent more than half of all commercial and institutional construction as soon as 2016.
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Historic Water Shortages Prompt Government Restrictions in Colorado River Basin
Water users in the parched Southwest U.S. were just hit with a devastating warning.