By David Mildenberg and Whitney McFerron 13 October 2011 Allan Ritter pushed a bill to make 25 million Texans pay an extra $3.25 a year to help provide water for decades. Then, with a record drought devastating farms and ranches,...
By Saad Sarfraz Sheikh October 2, 2010 Beads of sweat drip down Irfanullah's face as he clutches the weak branches of a date tree. It seems to be a safe place to settle into until Mother Nature's rampage runs its...
By Chris Baltimore and Steve Gorman (2010-05-13) HOUSTON/PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc will deploy a small containment dome to try to trap oil from a blown-out undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico in the "next couple of...