Natural Resources

Nearly 500 people showed up to the City of Lubbock's Public Meeting on Large-Scale Data Centers. About 70 people spoke in the public comment section, most of them voicing opposition to the idea of such a development in the city.

Lubbock citizens and city officials talk large-scale data center policy

Samantha Larned

On July 7, the City of Lubbock hosted a public meeting to hear residents’ thoughts and concerns about large-scale data centers. As city officials try to balance the potential benefits with the risks, a majority of the approximately 70 members of the public who spoke at the meeting were against allowing data centers in the city.

At the National Land and Range Judging Contest, FFA and 4-H members compete in three events to judge the soil's capabilities, characteristics and how best to conserve and manage the resource.

Teens from across the U.S. compete in this soil judging contest: 'It's a very big deal'

Anna Pope

Every spring, high school students from across the country travel to Oklahoma for the National Land and Range Judging Contest. The three-day event tests their knowledge of land and soil.

A Valero refinery sits behind Our Lady of Corpus Christi chapel along Interstate 37.

Corpus Christi plans to declare a 'water emergency.' What does that mean?

Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija | The Texas Newsroom, Emily Salazar

City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September, but they aren't sure exactly how.

Thisura Ilukgoda Gedara, a Kansas State University graduate student, samples water from a family's well in Pratt County, Kansas, in 2024. Nitrate pollution, mostly from chemical fertilizer, has become a common problem in south-central Kansas.

Nitrate is quietly polluting rural drinking wells. How researchers are working to help

Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Across the central U.S., nitrate from crop fertilizer and livestock facilities is seeping into water underground. Many family wells are no longer safe to drink from without pricey treatment.