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Officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gasoline prices and result in an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said.

Diane Wilson, a 78-year-old retired shrimper from Seadrift who founded San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, called Dow’s application “outrageous… given decades of flagrant violations.”

Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex. But the lawsuit, filed Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, could shield the petrochemical giant from harsher litigation from a local citizen group.

Earlier in February, the city of Dallas brought in about 300 goats to clear away privet. The goats will be at White Rock Lake through Sunday, March 1. Johnson said that on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. they will be hosting a Privet Removal Party at the Bath House Cultural Center as a follow up treatment. 

When visiting College Station, take a nature break at Lick Creek Park. The 523-acre city park, located in the Post Oak Savannah area, features five miles of hiking trails and the Gary Halter Nature Center.

The Central Texas Mycology Society collects and recycles mushroom blocks discarded by small commercial growers of gourmet mushrooms and gets them into the hands of hobbyists, gardeners and home cooks.

Ever wonder what happens to e-waste? Green Source Texas reporter John Kent toured Universal Recycling Technologies in Fort Worth, the largest electronics recycling operation in the Southwestern U.S. The nearly 200,000 square foot plant diverts 10 million pounds of e-waste per year.

Texas environmentalists are mourning the loss of J. David Bamberger, a Texas conservationist who died Saturday, Jan. 17, at his home Selah Bamberger Ranch near Johnson City. He was 97.

The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study. It’s ERCOT’s first attempt at a new planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously.

The Welman Project in Fort Worth just celebrated 10 years as it prepares to move to a 25,000-square-foot building, five times the size of its current location. Since the organization began tracking its inventory in 2017, Welman has distributed more $14 million worth of goods to more than 3,400 schools and 550 nonprofits, diverting the equivalent of 1,700 dumpster loads of materials from landfills.