Fracking and the drought: Both will be around for awhile

By dwray in The nature of things

In case you've been living on the moon for the past year, you may have noticed things have become a bit parched in the Lone Star State. When it stopped raining soon after I moved here last year, I began ...

Obama and Bush Have One Thing in Common: The Environment

By dwray in The nature of things

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Yep, I went there. The most cliche of cliches, but it seems no matter what side of the political spectrum a politician is on, the environment gets basically the same ...

Question of the day: What's your favorite holiday movie?

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"Miracle on 34th Street." - Greg Johnson, engineer, Fredericksburg. "Jingle All the Way." - Ana Pomar, teacher, Austin. "Love Actually." - Barbara Lightheart, American Federation of Teacher's Association employee, Austin. "A Christmas Card." - Crystal Fulenchek, college student/mother, Victoria.

Question of the day: The holidays are coming. Are you ready?

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"I feel ready because we've had a lot of homework in school and I'm ready for a break." - Carter Keating, student, Victoria. "Semi. I'm thinking about it." Mary Lou Hager, retired, Victoria. "Yeah, I guess you could say I'm ...

Question of the day: What's your favorite holiday?

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“Christmas, it’s family time.” - Dolard LeBlanc, electric industry employee, Las Vegas. “I’m a Thanksgiving person. I like the focus on the family and the cooking instead of focusing on gifts.” - Steve Syracuse, energy server company owner, North Carolina. ...

Question of the day: What is the most important piece of technology in the past 20 years?

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"iPods." - Amanda Reyna, stay-at-home-mom, Victoria. "Cell phones." - Erin Pahmiyer, stay-at-home mom, Victoria. "Probably my wife's credit card." - Garth Brown, retired, Beaumont. "I'd have to say cell phones." Bill Haynie, construction, Liberty.

Question of the day: What would you like to see added to

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"Giraffes." - Abbey Hammond, student, Port Lavaca. "Zebras." - Nicole Fivecoat, student, Port Lavaca. "I'm so impressed with how it is already, but my girls would love to see some bears and some big cats." - Kelly Ross, beekeeper, Halletsville. ...

Question of the day: What's your favorite part about Livestock shows?

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"I like the auction best but I really enjoy the whole thing." - Lou Miller, retired, Victoria. "I like a little bit of this and little bit of that. There's something for everybody and when you get bored you can ...

Searching for pink flamingos (not Bobby Fisher)

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Rumor has it some unusual birds have been spotted down on the South Texas coast. A couple of pink flamingos to be precise, as seen here, courtesy of Poppagator. I'm working on a story about it. If y'all have any ...

And the Gulf spill news just keeps on coming (kind of like the oil used to)

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Back a few weeks ago we were all thrilled to learn who the culprit was in the Gulf oil spill. And even though the well got plugged way back when, the news about it just keeps on coming. Now the ...