Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune
ReporterKate Galbraith reported on clean energy for The New York Times from 2008 to 2009, serving as the lead writer for the Times' Green blog. She began her career at The Economist in 2000 and spent 2005 to 2007 in Austin as the magazine's Southwest correspondent. A Nieman fellow in journalism at Harvard University from 2007 to 2008, she has an undergraduate degree in English from Harvard and a master's degree from the London School of Economics.
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In Texas House and Senate hearings this week, state lawmakers heard repeatedly about the crisis created by the record-breaking drought — and the need for… -
A year into the driest stretch in recorded state history, most Texans are still far from running out of water. But the devastating economic impact is… -
While already-sodden northern regions of the United States can expect above-average rains this winter, the worst one-year drought in Texas history looks… -
The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed scaling back some requirements of its cross-state rule for reducing air pollution — a… -
To meet the needs of its growing population, drought-stricken Texas urgently needs more water infrastructure totaling $231 billion to augment water… -
Every five years, the Texas Water Development Board publishes a water plan for the state. The 295-page draft of the 2012 plan, published last week in the… -
Fearing that this drought could reduce lake levels lower than ever before, the board of the Lower Colorado River Authority, the wholesale supplier of… -
In a report released this morning, the Texas electric grid operator warned of "risks of outages for Texas power users" if a federal pollution rule takes… -
A reorganization is underway at the Lower Colorado River Authority, a major wholesale supplier of water and electricity in Central Texas.In a memo dated… -
The board of the Lower Colorado River Authority wasted no time in naming a long-time staffer to take over as the organization's general manager, following…
