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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Dallas Observer. letters@dallasobserver.com (Dallas Observer Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Dallas Observer Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.dallasobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/RSS-DAL_1320x825-100.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://www.dallasobserver.com 144 90 https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/as-solar-and-batteries-dominate-in-texas-republican-lawmakers-consider-natural-gas-minimums-40702598/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40702598 Arcelia Martin, Inside Climate News https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/as-solar-and-batteries-dominate-in-texas-republican-lawmakers-consider-natural-gas-minimums-40702598/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0500 Renewables make up 70% of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/as-solar-and-batteries-dominate-in-texas-republican-lawmakers-consider-natural-gas-minimums-40702598/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-letter-carriers-working-in-heat-call-for-reforms-40699750/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40699750 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-letter-carriers-working-in-heat-call-for-reforms-40699750/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:14:03 -0500 Less than half of Dallas-area postal workers have access to air conditioned vehicles, the USPS said in a statement. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-letter-carriers-working-in-heat-call-for-reforms-40699750/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-white-rock-lake-microplastic-pollution-40699588/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40699588 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-white-rock-lake-microplastic-pollution-40699588/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:41:59 -0500 The U.S. disposes of enough plastic to fill AT&T Stadium every 16 hours, a study by the Environment Texas Research and Policy Center found.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-white-rock-lake-microplastic-pollution-40699588/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-data-centers-unpopular-greg-abbott-makes-demands-40692166/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40692166 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-data-centers-unpopular-greg-abbott-makes-demands-40692166/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:05:15 -0500 Gov. Greg Abbott has called for data centers to provide their own power and cease development in rural areas. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-data-centers-unpopular-greg-abbott-makes-demands-40692166/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/new-world-screwworms-deadly-texas-comeback-40688371/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40688371 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/new-world-screwworms-deadly-texas-comeback-40688371/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0500 The parasite spent decades exiled to Central America before returning to Texas earlier this month. Twelve cases have been reported.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/new-world-screwworms-deadly-texas-comeback-40688371/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-covers-downtown-whale-wall-mural-for-world-cup-40674801/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40674801 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-covers-downtown-whale-wall-mural-for-world-cup-40674801/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 16:15:03 -0500 The life-sized whale mural was painted in 1999 as the 82nd installation of a nationwide campaign for marine conservation. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-covers-downtown-whale-wall-mural-for-world-cup-40674801/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-among-worst-cities-for-mosquitos-40672182/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40672182 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-among-worst-cities-for-mosquitos-40672182/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 -0500 Dallas is one of the worst cities in the US for battling the buzzing blood suckers, but that’s better than we ranked last year. See where we landed for this year. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-among-worst-cities-for-mosquitos-40672182/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texxas-democrats-and-republicans-oppose-big-bend-border-wall-40665559/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40665559 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texxas-democrats-and-republicans-oppose-big-bend-border-wall-40665559/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500 Plans for a wall in Big Bend National Park have sparked bipartisan outrage, and border county judges are calling for transparency from DHS. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texxas-democrats-and-republicans-oppose-big-bend-border-wall-40665559/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-fishermen-cant-use-drones-to-catch-fish-40625002/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40625002 Alyssa Fields https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-fishermen-cant-use-drones-to-catch-fish-40625002/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:30:00 -0600 Texas Parks and Wildlife is keeping traditionalism alive, clamping down on drone fishing (yes, that's a thing). ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-fishermen-cant-use-drones-to-catch-fish-40625002/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/what-time-to-see-the-beaver-moon-in-north-texas-40614032/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40614032 Kelly Dearmore https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/what-time-to-see-the-beaver-moon-in-north-texas-40614032/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:35:35 -0600 Get a close look at the supermoon on Wednesday night. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/what-time-to-see-the-beaver-moon-in-north-texas-40614032/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer