Mose Buchele
Senior Correspondent, Energy & EnvironmentMose Buchele focuses on energy and environmental reporting at KUT. He has been on staff at KUT since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds master's degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin. You can email him at mbuchele@kut.org.
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While Austin is easing drought restrictions, limits on how and when people can water outdoors remain. -
The city said a transfer station for trash will improve waste services and their environmental impact. -
Gaps in natural gas regulation could leave the state vulnerable to another winter storm related blackout. -
The Environmental Protection Agency's "Solar for All" grant program aimed to lower people's energy bills by providing access to renewable energy. -
Austin is currently in the middle of a major overhaul of its floodplain maps. New rainfall data shows flood risk is greater than previously thought. -
Some Austin City Council members have suggested finding a different gas utility after a string of rate increases from Texas Gas Service. -
A system of dams and reservoirs was designed to hold in floodwaters. Crews monitor the water coming into the system and figure out when to store or release it downstream to decrease flood risk. -
Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response. -
For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the breaking point when the Trump administration began pushing new staffing cuts. -
While the storms’ full environmental impacts may take weeks to assess, Austin-area officials warn they could be serious and will include a rise in the city's mosquito population.
