Texans affected by pollution from concrete plants push state agency to tighten regulations
As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly low-income neighborhoods.
'A perfect storm': Drought, extreme heat and two faulty wells threaten a North Texas town’s water supply
As of Thursday afternoon, the city had not yet run out of water, but residents are asked to continue conserving. One of the wells that is down is a new one that began pumping water to the city last fall. Even if the three water wells were working properly, he estimates that the city would be able to rely on them only for another two years. Chaffin has been looking into options for a more sustainable water supply that can withstand the increasing pressure from expected population gains. He said the city will propose a resolution outlining its water supply strategy in the next two months.
mysanantonio.comTwitter under fire for removing 'vagina' from ads for gynecology book
(CNN) - Twitter removed advertisements for a book on gynecology because they used the word "vagina," a prominent medical practitioner has claimed. Gunter, who has more than 200,000 followers on Twitter and frequently uses the social media platform to correct myths about gynecology, tweeted: "Just so you know my publisher is not allowed to use the word 'vagina' to promote my book on @twitter. "Our societal inability to say vagina like we say elbow is one reason I insisted on VAGINA in the title," she said in a subsequent tweet. Not being able to buy an ad because of the word vagina for a book about vaginas is ridiculous." Gunter's initial tweet quoted an earlier post from Kensington Books, publisher of "The Vagina Bible."