Commentary
Water Symposium Addresses the Future of Flooding in Texas
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The frequency and severity of weather events, including the recent flooding along the Llano River, have left communities ill-prepared.
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Commentary
Awareness of Food Waste Can Help Us Appreciate Holiday Meals
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Food waste is receiving increasing attention from managers, activists, policymakers, and scholars, who call it a global social problem.
Environment
San Antonio Zoo Asks Local Businesses To Ditch Plastic Straws
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With the world’s oceans and rivers increasingly choked with plastic waste, the San Antonio Zoo is challenging local businesses to do their part to help, starting with the straw.
Sponsored
Miles and Miles of Pipes Underground Provide Waterful Solutions to the SA Community
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SAWS manages, inspects, and cleans more than 12,000 miles of underground water and sewer pipes, which is equivalent to the distance from South Texas to Australia.
Environment
San Antonio’s Wet, Cold Fall Triggers Disjointed, Late Monarch Butterfly Migration
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Unusually wet and cold weather kept monarch butterflies in San Antonio weeks after their usual peak migration season this year.
Environment
San Antonio to Receive More Than $61M in Volkswagen Settlement
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Under a final plan by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, San Antonio will receive nearly $61.6 million of the $209 million headed for Texas.
Environment
Chemical Spill From Calumet Refinery on South Side Reaches San Antonio River
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Approximately 50 gallons of a flammable chemical leaked from a valve at the Calumet Specialty Products refinery, according to City’s Office of Emergency Management.
Gov & Politics
SAWS’ Approved Budget Includes More Than 4% in Bill Increases
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San Antonio Water System customers’ bills will rise again next year after the utility’s board approved a set of rate increases that start January.
Gov & Politics
CPS Energy Had Strong Summer Selling Power on the Electrical Grid
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CPS Energy had a bumper year for selling electricity onto the Texas power grid and is now using that revenue to pay down some of its debts, according to utility officials.
Environment
NOAA Study Shows Heavy Rains Have Grown More Frequent In Texas
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Across most of the state, heavy rainstorms are hitting Texas more often than previously thought, according to a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Environment
San Antonio Zoo Tries To Bring Back the Horned Toads Texans Love
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San Antonio Zoo biologists plan to introduce dozens of horned lizard babies reared at the zoo to a 2,000-acre ranch.