Texas Plants Face Probes Over Bird Deaths in Open Tanks
Union Pacific Railroad of Houston was found guilty in Lubbock, fined 5,000 dollars plus 1,393.50 civil restitution to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for killing 46 migratory birds in a sludge pond used for waste treatment in Big Spring. In Oklahoma, five firms paid 8,300 dollars in bonds and 2,965 dollars each in civil restitution after similar accusations. Lee said prosecutors will continue presenting cases, urging prompt tank coverings to prevent further bird deaths and urging the Railroad Commission to exclude open-top tanks 16 feet or smaller from mandatory covering.
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Union Pacific Railroad of
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Lubbock
Big Spring
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Oklahoma
Anadarko Oil Corp
Oxy USA Co
Butkin Oil Co
Tash Corp
Oakland Oil Co
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Texas Railroad Commission
Commission
Bertha Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane of Season
Bertha formed Saturday off Florida then veered to sea, becoming a hurricane with top winds of 75 mph. Forecasters said the storm poses little risk to the U.S. mainland and may only threaten Bermuda with swells if it continues on a northward path.
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Bertha
Florida
U.S
Jesse Moore
National Hurricane Center
Coral Gables
Bermuda
West Texas faces harsher droughts amid global warming says official
Ron Hilliard of the U S Department of Agriculture Odessa office warned that rising temperatures and reduced winter moisture threaten West Texas pastures and forage grasses. He noted cattle ranchers are reducing herd sizes as drought extends and warned piney woods in East Texas could shrink with continued fossil fuel use.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Odessa
West Texas
Hilliard
Ector County
Hilliard Id
McCar
Piney
Texas
Austin
College Station
McCain
Houston
San Antonio
Tom Ahlbrandt
U.S. Geological Survey
Virginia
Rhlbrandt
Great Plains
McCarl
Texas faces drastic climate shifts if 7 degree rise occurs
Texas experts warn a century of warming could push average temperatures up by 10 to 13 degrees statewide. Dryland yields may fall up to 44 percent, irrigated crops 21 percent, and water scarcity threaten aquifers like the Ogallala. Sea level rise could flood coastal wetlands, while storms intensify.
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Texas
Texas High Plains
Rio Grande Valley
McCarn
Perent
Gulf Coast
McCarl
Weather notes from NWS Reading server data
Overnight low and sunrise times noted with a 24 hour precipitation total of one inch. July rainfall stands at 1.57 inches, year to date 6.14 inches. Saturday recorded a high of 106 degrees in 1944 and today’s low was 63 degrees in 1988.
Forecast: partly cloudy with storms possible today
Weather bulletin from National Weather Service Midland area notes today mostly cloudy in the west with scattered storms and partly cloudy conditions in the north and south. Highs reach lower to mid 90s, tonight lows in the lower 70s, with a 20 percent storm chance. Winds southeast 5 to 15 mph. Monday similar with highs in the 90s.
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National Weather Service
Midland International Airport
NWS
Border States New Mexico Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms across New Mexico. Cooler northeast Monday with nights in the 40s to 50s and day highs from the 70s to 90s elsewhere. Sunday features scattered storms, mainly south Monday, with Panhandle highs mid 80s to lower 90s and southeast upper 80s to low 90s.
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Concho Valley
Pecos Valley
Coastal Bend
New Mexico
Panhandle
Odessa American notices fragment
Fragmentary OCR text from the Odessa American with street and page markers. The readable items include partial masthead and addresses, offering little clear event or story content for a full summary.
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