Deceleration breaks down the (mostly) very bad, no good bills grinding through the Texas Legislature, noting some stuff we’re happy to see expire, and things that could actually be good if Governor Abbott signed them.
Experts say that the practice of discharging even treated wastewater is outdated and harmful. It can be especially disastrous in the environmentally sensitive Hill Country, where development is ratcheting up faster than almost anywhere else in the nation.
“I speak for this river carrying the stillborn, the dying —
this water that quenches the thirst of bosque, mergansers,
warblers, and ash-throated flycatchers.”
At Deceleration, we’re big fans of
‘Suspect screening’ confirms range of pharmaceuticals, including anticonvulsants, antihistamines, and muscle relaxants.
A new way to test for a wide range of micropollutants in waterways has already turned up a
