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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

TX: Oceans

The City of Corpus Christi says seawater desalination plants would create a new water source with a low impact to ratepayers, but a lawsuit and the EPA could be obstacles to getting them built. (wikipedia)
Groups Charge Desalination Plants Are Wrong for Corpus Christi

A Texas environmental group is sounding the alarm about seawater desalination plants proposed for Corpus Christi Bay, warning they could have …

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Galveston Bay will receive settlement funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to build oyster reefs made mostly from limestone, recycled oyster shells or concrete. (ancolek1998/Pixabay)
Deep Horizon Oil Spill Settlement Funds to Help Restore TX Oyster Reefs

HOUSTON -- Storm damage, pollution and other factors, some related to climate change, are reducing the oyster population, but settlement funds from …

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Texas has the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters and leads the United States in total cumulative costs from billion-dollar disasters since 1980, according to NOAA. (andrewtheshrew/Pixabay)
Climate Change Expected to Increase Displacement, Migration in Texas

HOUSTON -- The Biden administration has said it wants to prevent worst-case scenarios due to climate change, and Texas has several risks that need to …

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In the past two centuries, as many as 85% of all oyster reefs have been lost across the globe. (HDR Engineering)
Newest TX Oyster Sanctuary Doubles as Commercial Harvest Reef

HOUSTON -- A newly completed oyster habitat in Galveston Bay promotes conservation while still recognizing the importance of commercial oyster harvest…

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Some deep-sea corals can grow hundreds of feet tall, while others live for thousands of years. (noaa.gov)
Fragile Coral Hotspots in Gulf Win Federal Protection

HOUSTON -- Ancient coral hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico will be protected from damaging fishing gear, in a plan approved by federal officials…

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Jace Tunnell, director of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, holds rope debris he found as he prepares to record the reserve's weekly beach-combing video. (Mission-Aransas NERR)
Training a Virtual Eye on Texas' Estuary During COVID-19

HOUSTON -- When the coronavirus pandemic ended in-person activities at the estuary reserve in Texas, researchers buffed up their technology skills to …

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Texas is ranked first in the United States for variety and frequency of natural disasters, with 352 federally declared disasters since 1953, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (pewtrusts.org)
Report: Natural Climate Change Mitigation Would Benefit Texas

HOUSTON - Texas is set to receive a significant chunk of money this year from the federal government to repair damage from Hurricane Harvey and multip…

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Hurricane Harvey, a devastating Category 4 hurricane, made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and many deaths. (wikipedia)
Reducing Economic Risk as Hurricane Season Arrives

EL PASO, Texas -- Today marks the start of hurricane season, and even as storm trackers keep their eye on a possible development that could impact …

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The Gulf of Mexico historically has been the largest producer of oysters in the nation. (photo-graphe/Pixabay)
New Oyster Industry Comes to Texas

HOUSTON -- The Texas oyster industry has struggled in recent years because of overfishing, hurricanes and floods, but a new program could be a boon …

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The Gulf Coast states include more than 17,000 miles of tidal shoreline. (fisheries.noaa.gov)
Texas Could to Do More to Create Living Shorelines

AUSTIN, Texas -- As another hurricane season approaches, many coastal communities could benefit from more natural infrastructure, or living …

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Projects are under development to restore and protect deep-sea habitat and coral reefs such as the Flower Garden Banks Reef off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico. (Flickr)
New Gulf Restoration Efforts, Post-Deepwater Horizon Spill

GALVESTON, Texas – Almost a decade after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, government agencies are still spending millions of dollars to …

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Conservationissts are worried that many of the endangered Attwater prairie chickens at a wildlife refuge near Houston may have perished in Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Hurricane Harvey Decimates Wildlife Habitats on Texas Coast

EAGLE LAKE, Texas - Hurricane Harvey disrupted the lives of millions of people along the Texas Gulf Coast, but also may have damaged or destroyed as …

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