Must everything be bigger in Texas?
Texas’ largest power company, Luminant, announced Monday that it filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency because of a new regulation that would force the giant to shut down several of...
View ArticlePerry says eliminate 3 agencies, can't name last group in debate
ROCHESTER, Mich. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry says he would eliminate three federal agencies. Just don’t ask him to name them.“Commerce, Education and the — what’s the third one there?...
View ArticleRegional Haze Rule hopes to improve smoky park views
Smoky haze mars the otherwise picturesque views for national park visitors around Texas’ Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks.A new plan to reduce the haze, titled the Regional Haze Rule,...
View ArticleDHFS accepts EPA challenge, pledges to reduce food waste
The UT Division of Housing and Food Service is teaming with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce its food waste by 5 percent in one year. The department announced Friday its participation...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown threatens research grants
As the federal government shutdown heads into a second week, UT researchers find themselves missing grant submission deadlines and worrying about their prospects for funding in the next fiscal...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court should reject Texas and other states' lawsuit against the...
Only yesterday, we wrote an editorial concerning the abysmal job the Texas state government has done of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the editorial, which argued that Texas should be held...
View ArticleHorns Down for Feb. 4: Texas' household financial security and EPA regulations
Horns Down: Texas households are financially insecure A report released Thursday by the Corporation for Enterprise Development, a national non-profit focused on alleviating poverty, said that 49.8...
View ArticleStudent interns push legislators to pass Clean Power Plan
Bailey Anderson can’t predict how people will respond when she petitions on the street for lower carbon emissions. Sometimes, people support and encourage her work. Other times, they tell her...
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