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The acquisition of the more than 353,000 acre Brewster Ranch near the Rio Grande is a significant addition to state-owned land in Texas – though the news doesn’t necessarily mean the ranch will be open to the public. The GLO leases land across the state for things like agriculture, oil and gas and other energy projects to fund public schools.
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The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the river.
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Permian Basin Containers burst into flames on July 23. Now, local officials have issued a disaster declaration in response and nearby residents worry chemicals released in the blaze have contaminated local groundwater.
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The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively impacting drilling and production.
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Chirping frogs are typically less than an inch long, and you could mistake their whistling, trilling calls for an insect’s. But these little creatures have an epic story, one that distills the deep mysteries of biodiversity.
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Residents living near Permian Basin Containers, the industrial facility that caught fire last month, have reported noxious fumes and pools of chemicals around the site.