How skyrocketing development in Texas could suck the state dry

Grist
By Aarian MarshallOct 21, 2014, 12:59 pm20 pts
If you could speed-watch the past 15 years in Texas — set your thumb on the edge of a flipbook and let ‘er rip — you’d see astonishing growth. Buildings going up, fields paved over for parking lots, new subdivisions, new schools, new malls: The state’s population grew by 36 percent between 1997 and…

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