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Oil and gas companies are seeking legal shelter as Texas comes closer to using waste brine once considered too toxic for anything other than fracking to replenish Texas’ water shortages.

Legislation filed by state Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, could give them, transportation companies and landowners such protection.

• The U.S., the largest importer of wildlife products in the world, brings in nearly 10,000 species of plants and animals into the country legally, some of which have a high potential to become invasive species.
• A recent study assessed these imported species and identified 32 as having the highest risk for becoming invasive, posing threats to local ecosystems and to human health.
• These include venomous reptiles like puff adders and spitting cobras, and freshwater fish; similar species that have already established themselves as invasives have wrought havoc on native wildlife and caused widespread economic harm.
• The researchers say their findings can help authorities regulate the imports of such high-risk species and add them to watchlists to prevent them from becoming invasives.

Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

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Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

The president’s push to expand timber and fossil fuel production “is a double whammy on the climate.”

The Trump administration says it is ending a lease in the Columbia building that houses Tom’s Restaurant. The university says the rent is still due.

Upstairs from the diner made famous by “Seinfeld,” teams of NASA scientists have spent nearly six decades expanding human knowledge about Earth’s climate and the atmospheres of other planets.