Get tough on environmental crimes Texas law requires that the our state environmental agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), consider a facility’s past compliance when making decisions regarding permits or inspections. In fact, ... »
Power has been restored to an estimated 4,000 Austin Energy customers who saw outages Tuesday in Central and West Austin due to a defective piece of equipment that connects overhead lines to underground lines, a company spokesman said. The power went o... »
And now, a message from the City of Houston Solid Waste Department: The City of Houston (COH) Solid Waste Management Department will embark on its 21st year of Christmas tree recycling(.pdf) after the holiday by providing recycling drop-off sites thr... »
NORTH AUSTIN Families, dogs to gather for anniversary of rescue One year ago today, the Austin Humane Society rescued 147 dogs from a Bastrop home in what Humane Society officials called one of the worst cases of animal hoarding in Central Texas. »
