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Drought Fells a Texas Towns Biggest Employer
2013-02-28 02:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: After two years of drought, people are starting to leave this parched West Texas town. The lack of significant rainfall has slowed the rush of cattle that came to the largest employer here, a beef processing plant that employed 2,300 people in a town of 22,343. When the plant shut this month, it took with it an annual payroll of $15.5 million. The closing has challenged families who had worked at the plant off Interstate 27 for generations. Sons and daughters stood alongside their fathers and mothers,...
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Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists
2013-02-27 23:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Does the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB) have a crystal ball we didnt know about? Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000 gallons (or 550 barrels) of oil into local East Texas waterways. Deep East Texas is known for its creeks and lakes, freshwater eco-systems and aquifers that provide water to the eastern part of the state, including mega-cities Dallas and Houston. But oil companies treat these forests and waterways as collateral damage....
Texas stretch of Keystone XL pipeline progressing
2013-02-27 19:26:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The 485-mile Oklahoma-to-Texas leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is about half done, a TransCanada official told The Texas Tribune on Tuesday.
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Texas Retailers Association Sues to Block Austin Bag Ban
2013-02-27 17:07:00| Waste Age
The Texas Retailers Association (TRA) have filed a suit asking that Austins plastic bag ban, set to take effect March 1, be ruled invalid. read more
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GOP leaders of Texas House, Senate underscore divide in school-voucher debate
2013-02-27 08:49:33| Electronics - Topix.net
House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst painted a clear contrast in their stances on school choice Tuesday, with Straus warning that a school voucher bill is unlikely to pass the House.
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