All kinds of environment goodness from the web world

By dwray in The nature of things

There are a million nifty things being reported out there in the wide world of energy and the environment. If you haven't checked out the series on the drought being put on by StateImpact and PBS Newshour you oughta check ...

The kindness of strangers: It really is a thing

By dwray in The nature of things

As a reporter, I cover the news. If something bad happens, it's me or one of my colleagues out there finding out what happened and bringing the information back to the public. So finding myself suddenly becoming news last week ...

In the middle of an oil boom, water may be the next big thing

By dwray in The nature of things

Nosing around on the internet today, in the midst of research for the next installment of The Play, our series on the impact of the Eagle Ford Shale, I came across an interesting bit from the Oil and Gas Investments ...

Will we run out of electricity?

By dwray in The nature of things

I was walking my dog this morning - i.e. urging her emphatically to hurry up and get things done because I needed coffee, stat - when I caught sight of some ridiculously beautiful purple flowers. They sprang up overnight, coaxed ...

The man-child: Why won't guys grow up?

By dwray in The nature of things

A story from Philadelphia Magazine got my friends and I talking today. The story, "The Sorry Lives and Confusing Times of Today's Young Men," is about how the modern young male and how, for a variety of reasons, he just ...

Is the Texas Supreme Court singing a different tune?

By dwray in The nature of things

For the past many years, the odds were good that if landowners went up against oil companies in court, the highest court in the state would side with oil interests every time. However, the Texas Supreme Court justices seem to ...