AltWeeklies Wire
Fire in the Skynew
The sour side of life in the South Texas fracklands.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-29-2013 |
Environment
Tags: fracking
Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipelinenew
The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Environment
Air Force moves to shutter community board overseeing toxic pollutionnew
Robert Alvarado is a decades-long veteran of life in the so-called Toxic Triangle, the small fence-line community that bumps up against the now-shuttered Kelly Air Force Base.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-20-2012 |
Environment
Air quality and the Eagle Fordnew
Where are we in terms of compliance with federal air quality standards?
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-02-2012 |
Environment
Texas vs. EPAnew
As 2011 dawned, state leaders were openly refusing to abide by new nationwide greenhouse gas emissions standards.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-30-2011 |
Environment
Censored Scientist Wants to Restore Sound Policy-Making in Texasnew
Two months of sustained outrage from scientists, academics, and newspaper editorial boards may have changed things at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality — at least when it comes to publishing hard, peer-reviewed science.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-23-2011 |
Environment
Natural-Gas Production Linked to Quakes in England, Arkansas, and Texasnew
Late last week, the region’s largest earthquake on record rattled the heart of South Texas oil and gas country, shaking the ground 47 miles southeast of San Antonio in Atascosa County and sending mild tremors as far north as Burnet.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-26-2011 |
Environment
Questions Linger Over Kelly AFB Contaminationnew
Purple wooden crosses that dot this south San Antonio community are starting to age, their paint chipped and faded. Planted in lawns next to mailboxes, fences, and trees, they point to a battle with cancer for someone inside.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-13-2011 |
Environment
