As the largest state in the continental U.S., Texas presents the full range of environmental challenges and natural resource blessings. Despite rapid population and job growth during the 1990s, most measures of pollution in Texas are flat or falling. In short, environmental quality is improving in Texas. These favorable environmental trends refute the popular perception that population and economic growth must inevitably degrade the environment.
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We Are The People They Sacrificed For
United Flight 93 carried 40 passengers and crew when hijackers seized it as part of the attack on America. Through phone calls with people on the ground, several learned that hijacked airplanes had already struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They understood that Flight 93 was part of the larger attack, took a...
September 10, 2026