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As the state climatologist warned again that the two-year-old dry spell could go on for "five to ten years," cities have grappled with questions of how to balance plans for new water supplies with conservation appeals.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT October 8, 2012
January-August of 2012 was the warmest such period on record in the 48 states and tied as second-warmest in Texas. August was the 330th straight month with a global temperature above the 20th century average, the same federal report said.
TCN Journal September 26, 2012
In this latest installment in TCN's occasional series of excerpts from editorials and columns, opinions range from dismay at state Republican leaders' climate skepticism to displeasure at federal environmental initiatives.
TCN Journal Texas Comment September 10, 2012
Conducted July 12-16, the special edition of the UT Energy Poll found especially big increases since March among Republicans, Independents and Southerners who now think global climate change is happening.
TCN Journal July 25, 2012
Texas' punishing drought and heat wave of 2011 is a key focus of increased scientific efforts to determine if extreme weather events can be attributed to manmade global warming. It's a fledgling science, researchers acknowledge.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT July 18, 2012
Judge Gisela D. Triana said the state's argument that the doctrine applies only to water conservation is "legally invalid." Environmentalists are trying to use the doctrine to compel strong limits on greenhouse-gas emissions.
TCN Journal July 13, 2012
Strongly rebuking Texas and other challengers, a federal appeals court declared the EPA's finding that climate-altering gases are dangerous to human health and the environment and its regulation of their emissions "are neither arbitrary nor capricious."
TCN Journal June 27, 2012
An industry report showed solar installations in Texas eclipsed by 14 other states. But San Antonio's dedication of a new solar complex was a reminder of its public utility's commitment to sun-powered electricity production.
TCN Journal June 25, 2012
Nationally, it was the warmest spring since 1895; January-through-May was the warmest such period ever; the 12 months ending May 31 were the warmest consecutive 12 months ever, and last month was the second-warmest May.
TCN Journal June 9, 2012
Weather variability, not just heat intensity, kills people, an author of a recent study told TCN. In more southerly locations, people acclimate more to hotter conditions – "physically, behaviorally and in urban structures."
TCN Journal May 31, 2012
By various recent measures and indications, Texas still ranks as a leader in generating and buying wind power. But troubles may lie ahead, including the loss of an important federal tax incentive.
TCN Journal April 26, 2012
Texas is a legendary producer and consumer of energy, but recent developments continue to illustrate how Texans – more fitfully than some advocates would prefer – are also embracing energy saving through efficiency measures.
TCN Journal April 13, 2012
After slumping, public agreement that global warming is happening is on the upswing, two recent polls found. A third study concluded economic woes were likely the main reason for increased climate-change skepticism in recent years.
TCN Journal April 1, 2012
Houston remarks by the chief scientist of Britain's Met Office regarding attitudes and actions of that nation's Conservative-led government underscored the stark differences between the U.K.'s Tories and U.S. Republicans.
TCN Journal March 17, 2012
"We enter this spring with our water supply conditions in a much more vulnerable state than they were at this time last year," one speaker warned recently at a UT water forum, "Texas Drought 2012: Are We Prepared?"
TCN Journal March 3, 2012
Texas red oaks are susceptible to drought, while live oaks and white oaks require less water, the Texas Forest Service says. It lists native trees such as pecans, cedar elms and bur oaks as well adapted to drought. A report by Ari Phillips of Reporting Texas.
TCN Journal March 1, 2012
The Texas Forest Service estimates dry conditions have claimed up to a tenth of the trees in the state's cities and towns so far. The finding accords with the agency's earlier estimate of drought-killed trees outside urban areas.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT February 16, 2012
A religious coalition organized its third annual National Preach-In on Global Warming. Meanwhile, another organization launched a social-media campaign to lend moral support to climate scientists barraged by hate mail.
TCN Journal February 12, 2012
Venomous emails poured into climate-change researcher Katharine Hayhoe's inbox after Rush Limbaugh ridiculed her and Newt Gingrich killed the chapter she had been asked to write for his new environmental book.
TCN Journal January 30, 2012
The state ranking is based on new, industry-reported data that the EPA said can help communities identify emission sources, assist businesses in tracking emissions and provide information to state and local governments.
TCN Journal January 12, 2012
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