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Around 3,000 more Austin properties will find themselves in high-risk floodplains thanks to a new National Weather Service study called Atlas 14. Those…
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A plan to build a publicly funded seawall to protect oil refineries has highlighted gaps in how oil and gas companies inform investors of potential risks…
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More than half of Austin waterways have unsafe levels of fecal bacteria, according to a study out today. The analysis from Environment Texas found 46 of…
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From Texas Standard.Before sunrise on July 16, 1945, a bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert. It was a new weapon so powerful that at the time it almost…
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As a boy in the 1950s James White remembers going with his father to his job in the oilfields of the Permian Basin. His dad would give him a five-gallon…
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For all the good news in the oil business these days, its long-term future remains uncertain. The rise of electric vehicles, the potential for stricter…
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Every year the City of Austin comes out with an environmental assessment to keep officials up-to-date on air quality and the condition of the city’s…
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From Texas Standard.Hackers are a threat to credit card information, election data, and now – according to a report from iDefense, an arm of consulting…
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From Texas Standard.Does the Wink Sink ring any bells for you? It is, as the name implies, a pair of giant sinkholes near the town of Wink, located about…
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened up a public comment period for new floodplain maps for Caldwell, Guadalupe, Gonzales and Hays counties,…