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Facing both new cooperation and hints of litigation, the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District on Monday approved a temporary permit that lets Tapatio Springs Golf Resort irrigate its greens and tee boxes with well water.
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08/19/2008 5:00 GMT
A pair of venerable red oaks that have been offering shade for more than 70 years must be cut down because of an algae in local soil.
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08/19/2008 5:00 GMT
Just days after proclaiming he was innocent of five allegations brought in state criminal indictments, Bexar Metropolitan Water District General Manager Gil Olivares has asked the utility's board to buy out his contract.
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08/19/2008 5:00 GMT
The soaking began in earnest as 1.65 inches of rain fell in less than an hour at the airport just before lunch
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08/18/2008 5:00 GMT
Eleven years ago an idea was born to train citizens to help the city research and maintain its natural areas and to educate the public about them.
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08/18/2008 5:00 GMT
Skywatch with Becky Ramotowski: Our back-to-school special is nightly viewing of Venus with Mercury.
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08/18/2008 5:00 GMT
Country Scientist with Forrest Mims III: One hundred seventy years ago today, the three-masted Navy sloop Vincennes led a fleet of four ships and two tenders out of Hampton Roads, Va.
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08/18/2008 5:00 GMT
Residents in the southeastern quadrant of the city were most effected.
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08/15/2008 7:52 GMT
The probe of Olivares' activities stemmed from an investigation into questionable campaign contributions to BexarMet candidates.
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08/15/2008 10:28 GMT
San Marcos residents will need to boil their tap water before drinking it until at least noon today, after a water main break left a large chunk of the city with no water or very low water pressure for several hours Wednesday.
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08/15/2008 5:12 GMT
The lack of pressure in the pipes could allow contaminated water to leach into the pipes.
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08/14/2008 8:29 GMT
An aggressive combination of efficiency and renewable energy could help power San Antonio's future without the controversial multibillion-dollar nuclear plants CPS Energy is proposing.
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08/12/2008 5:00 GMT
When Arjun Makhijani talks about generating electricity with nuclear power, he knows of what he speaks. His Ph.D. is from UC-Berkeley in nuclear engineering, and he has authored numerous books on energy, including the first evaluation conducted of energy efficiency potential in the U.S. economy.
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08/12/2008 5:00 GMT
The board of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District agreed late Monday to sell its Comal County water system for $6.75 million to the subsidiary of a California-based company after more than a year of talks.
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08/12/2008 5:00 GMT
An aggressive combination of efficiency and renewable energy could help power San Antonio’s future without multi-billion-dollar nuclear plants, according to an energy expert who unveiled preliminary findings today.
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08/11/2008 5:06 GMT
The thick tangle of brush on both sides of the Rio Grande levee at the Anacua segment of Texas Parks and Wildlife's Las Palomas preserve may not look like much, but to biologist Steve Benn, the clumping of native huisache, hackberry and tepeguaje is priceless.
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08/11/2008 5:00 GMT
Country Scientist with Forrest M. Mims III: For months the media have been displaying photos of the polluted sky over Beijing.
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08/11/2008 5:00 GMT
Skywatch with Becky Ramotwoski: The Perseids are coming to town, and they plan to put some sizzle in the night sky this week.
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08/11/2008 5:00 GMT
In 1997, a new city master plan painted an idealistic image of San Antonio's future.
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08/10/2008 5:00 GMT
A federal judge in Austin has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of coastal environmental associations seeking to block construction of two massive wind energy projects on the Kenedy Ranch.
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08/08/2008 5:00 GMT
Six years after an embarrassing bribery scandal, the Alamo Community Colleges district is committed to making another kind of “green” news.
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08/07/2008 5:00 GMT
Tapatio Springs Golf Resort got sympathy, but no relief Wednesday from the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District's drought rules that bar using groundwater to irrigate its golf course.
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08/07/2008 5:00 GMT
Utility pulls developers’ proposals till the Army gets to have its say.
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08/06/2008 5:06 GMT
Bexar site is in running for a top-security facility studying agricultural diseases.
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08/06/2008 4:56 GMT
AUSTIN — Waste Control Specialists is moving ahead with construction of a radioactive waste dump in Andrews County in West Texas, despite a pending lawsuit challenging the project.
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08/06/2008 5:00 GMT
Attorneys for one of about 1,800 Mission residents suing over alleged contamination from a defunct pesticide plant pressed for a speedy court date Monday, saying that one woman's cancer had worsened and that they can prove the factory made her sick.
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08/05/2008 5:00 GMT
The Bexar Metropolitan Water District board agreed late Monday to open discussions with the San Antonio Water System on matters of mutual interest but stipulated that it's not interested in selling the water systems that serve Stone Oak and its other northern territories.
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08/05/2008 5:00 GMT
Mayor Phil Hardberger, upset by a large-scale clearing of trees on rural land near SeaWorld, said Monday he will take steps to prevent developers from taking advantage of what he described as a loophole in the city's tree-preservation ordinance.
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08/05/2008 5:00 GMT
Attorneys for a Mission resident alleging contamination from a defunct pesticide plant say the woman’s cancer had worsened.
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08/04/2008 10:23 GMT
Mayor Phil Hardberger met with the city attorney Monday morning to discuss ways to close what he described as a loophole in the city's tree-preservation ordinance.
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08/04/2008 5:53 GMT
Mayor Phil Hardberger says ranchers who plan to develop their property should not be allowed to clear trees without a permit.
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08/04/2008 3:11 GMT
International space station passes, an amazing planet lineup and the Olympics make the first full week of August a summertime feast for the eyes.
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08/04/2008 5:00 GMT
Hidalgo County officials raised concerns Friday over the lack of federal assistance to combat the region’s worsening mosquito problem in the aftermath of Hurricane Dolly.
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08/03/2008 4:33 GMT
When the City Council approved San Antonio’s first tree-preservation ordinance in 1997, there was no question the rules applied to real estate developers.
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08/03/2008 4:16 GMT
The number of top-rated campuses in Bexar County more than doubled and the number of low-performing schools dropped to two.
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08/01/2008 8:41 GMT
The Comal County Commissioners Court voted to reinstate its burn ban today. The ban was put in place in early May and lifted just last week after storms from Hurricane Dolly soaked the county.
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07/31/2008 10:45 GMT
City-owned utility eyes northern water systems.
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07/30/2008 5:28 GMT
“Black-headed Gulls are not unfrequently seen hovering over the inner ponds of these islands, as if in search of food. They are now all paired, and very noisy.”
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07/28/2008 12:56 GMT
Water-soaked skies have stymied our attempts to hunt starry targets lately.
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07/28/2008 12:51 GMT
A plan to protect both Camp Bullis and the golden-cheeked warbler from extinction would let developers build if they buy and preserve warbler habitat in the region.
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07/27/2008 5:41 GMT
Underground toxic chemicals do not appear to be seeping into homes just north of the defunct Kelly AFB at dangerous levels, according to federal regulators who conducted air quality testing in five area homes.
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07/27/2008 5:00 GMT
Edwards Aquifer Authority pumping restrictions ended at midnight Wednesday, a month after dropping aquifer levels forced officials to impose a 20 percent cutback on those who take water from the huge underground reservoir.
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07/24/2008 5:00 GMT
Gov. Rick Perry says the requirement to blend 9 billion gallons of ethanol into gasoline is driving up food prices, calls for a waiver that to use half that amount.
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07/22/2008 8:18 GMT
Everything was fine. Then the semi-truck changed lanes.
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07/20/2008 5:00 GMT
Forty years ago, 200 feet of sandy beach buffered Beach Drive in Surfside Beach from the sea. But today, the surf runs freely between the pilings and over the remains of concrete foundations.
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07/15/2008 9:05 GMT
Money poses issue in proposal to preserve habitat, training range.
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07/21/2008 6:17 GMT
For the first time, city leaders and CPS Energy have joined longtime solar proponents to begin a push a Solar San Antonio pioneer believes has real possibilities.
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06/28/2008 7:00 GMT
Already sanctioned by local water regulators, the Tapatio Springs Golf Resort now faces the prospect of a state investigation into its use of creek water to keep its links green during the drought.
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07/16/2008 6:22 GMT
Cities are starting the process of adding more wells.
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07/16/2008 11:48 GMT
City completes Phase 1 of Goliad Road project.
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07/16/2008 11:55 GMT
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