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Texas Rancher An Unlikely Environmentalist
Ranchers in central Texas aren't known for their fondness for government regulation or the Endangered Species Act. But one rancher — a...
Texas Urban Schools Win $1 Million Education Prize for Third Year
The Aldine Independent School District outside Houston has won the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest education award in the country, and...
Texas Man Brings Hope to Forgotten Disabled Iraqi Kids
Brad Blauser lives in war-torn Baghdad, where he doesn't earn a paycheck and is thousands of miles from his family. But he has no...
US Restores Texas Wetlands Out of Toxic Stew
More than 2,500 acres of coastal wetlands have been restored and enhanced in Port Arthur, Texas, as a result of a cooperative agreement between...
Texas Legislature Aims for Solar Dominance
The Lone Star State leads the country in wind power. Now Texas aims to ramp up its solar production, too. This...
From Minnesota to Texas, Wind Power Sweeps New Jobs Into Old-tech Towns
Hundreds of workers lost their jobs after the printing press factory closed in Cedar Rapids in 2001. The hulking empty shell sat idle...
Wal-Mart to Purchase Wind Power for Texas Stores
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Thursday that it had entered into a partnership with Duke Energy to have wind power supply up...
Texas Schools Win $1 Million Prize for Advancing Poor Students
The border city of Brownsville, where nearly all students come from low-income Hispanic families and where 4 in 10 are not native English speakers,...
On Texas Prairie, Wind Power is Resurgent, Boosting Economy
Today, West Texans love the wind! Wind farms are transforming the rural area's economy as well as its treeless horizon, while delivering...
Navy Ship Arrives in Texas for Hurricane Cleanup
Navy sailors on the Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship Nassau answered the call of aid for Galveston shorelines, devastated by Hurricane Ike, arriving on the...
Billionaire Texas Oilman Bets Big On Wind
A legendary Texas oil man is turning to wind power with a plan to spend $10 billion to build the world's biggest wind farm....
Wind Power Lifts Dying Texas Farm Town
Roscoe, a small farm town in Texas transforms into Wind City U.S.A. — collectively one of the biggest wind farms in the nation and...
Nearly Wiped Out Decades Ago, Bighorn Sheep Thriving in Texas
Bighorn sheep have flourished in the rough and dry West Texas mountains going back to prehistoric times. But unregulated hunting and exposure to disease...
Expanding Coverage to More Pregnant Women in Texas
From the Student Operated Press comes this good news for low-income pregnant women. A U.S. program expands access to prenatal health care in nine...
Good News in History, May 1
217 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participation in the Transatlantic Slave...
Conservation Almost Always Provides Incredible Results, First-of-its-Kind Report Shows
In the only study of its kind ever attempted, one which poured over hundreds of papers examining the impact of conservation efforts, scientists from...
Good News in History, April 29
125 years ago today, the musician and composer Duke Ellington, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was born in Washington,...
Beloved Birds Return to Islands for First Time in 40 Years After Damming Damage Reversed
What's secretive, pretends to be a stick, and is sometimes confused with a mythical creature?
The figure in focus of this question is a beloved...
Good News in History, April 17
60 years ago today, Americans got their first glimpse of Ford's new sporty car. The Mustang first appeared in showrooms at the 1964 World...
EPA Limits Carcinogenic Emissions at 218 US Plants–Including Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will require 218 chemical plants to reduce toxic and carcinogenic airborne pollutants, aiming to...