Topic – Sprawl
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Texas House committee examines state’s electric capacity
To avoid repeat of last summer
A state House committee is exploring possible actions to sustain Texas' electric capacity, as high-use summer nears.
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The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board
Growth vs smart growth
The difference between growth and smart growth
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Americans preferring smaller homes
40 million big ones unwanted
Consumers are shifting preferences to condos, apartments, and small homes, leaving an estimated 40 million big homes unwanted.
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The New York Times Editorial Board
A terrible transportation bill
A brief and by no means exhaustive list of the bill’s many defects.
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Compiling the nation’s most wasteful highways
Freeways without futures
Several new additions have made it to the list of America's most wasteful freeways.
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Texans consider native landscaping
Drought brings opportunity
As the drought lingers, many Texans have realized the potential of reconfiguring yards into more efficient native "wildscapes".
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Hate mail aims to intimidate climate scientist
Unfortunately, nothing new
A Texas Tech professor has received a barrage of bitter emails since taking flak from talking heads
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Stephen Lee Davis
House threatens to cut transit
US House proposes cutting transit funding out of transpo reauthorization bill
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Travis County considering water-use rules for development
Controversial vote pending
Travis County commissioners may vote soon on a controversial set of rules as a moratorium on development in the western part of the county is scheduled to end
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