Re: "Tap Into Some Knowledge -- Event offers needed education on Texas water," Monday Editorials. I'll get excited about the water shortage when we quit purifying it to simply sprinkle on our lawns. Rather than all the big government state...
Re: "Don't Leave Us High and Dry -- Legislators need to prepare now for next drought," Sunday Editorials. Texas is a large and important state. It's also a drought-stricken state. It's time Texas gets serious about addressing the water problem....
In Oklahoma, where I grew up, we don't glue the leaves back on the trees when winter comes along. When the grass dies in summer, we don't perform CPR on our lawns. Drought is a persistent problem in this part...
Re: "Opportunities Lost -- Austin fell short on two issues critical to Texas," Wednesday Editorials. Your editorial rightly points out that we need more transportation and water planning and infrastructure. We also need clean air, more energy, more efficient cars...
Regions around Texas have ideas galore about securing enough water for the next 50 years, from taking the salt out of seawater to conserving existing resources to building new lakes. But those ideas mean nothing -- zilch -- unless the...
Re: "Eco Updates from Austin -- Bad news: Senate stalls on idea for water funding," Monday Editorials. When will we quit spending money on purifying water to sprinkle on our lawns? For all of recorded history, cisterns have been used...
Re: "Eco Updates from Austin -- Good news: Senate makes move on clean-air plan," and "Bad news: Senate stalls on idea for water funding," Monday Editorials. If global warming puts the world in imminent danger, where is the concern for...
As I feared, GOP Sen. Kip Averitt's plan to use the Rainy Day Fund to finance the next leg of the state's water plan is running into problems. His proposal, SB 2310, has been sent to the Senate Finance Committee....
Re: "Keep Fastrill Alive -- City, state should appeal decision to kill lake," Wednesday Editorials. Whoever is the winner in the debate over Lake Fastrill will determine which is the most valuable: the woodlands and wildlife of the Neches River...
Some of you may remember Bill Mullican from our Texan of the Year rollout in 2007. Bill was one of our top 10 Texans of the Year back then for his work on water issues, including his role in getting...
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