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System provides potable, portable water powered by wind and solar

The SunSpring system can purify up to 5,000 gallons of water per day running entirely on batteries charged by renewable energy.

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Experts will debate fracking Monday in Farmers Branch

Pro-fracking filmmaker Phelim McAleer will debate Calvin Tillman, the outspoken former mayor of DISH who took on the oil and gas industry in that town.

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Texas governor candidates Abbott, Davis talk education, immigration

Here’s where Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis stand on the issues of public education, immigration and higher education.

NTx Apps Challenge awards $80K worth of prizes to contest winners

The 10-week contest, which culminated at the Addison TreeHouse on Oct. 17, was created to inspire Web entrepreneurs to build sustainability apps that would address four municipal growth challenges: water conservation, waste and recycling, smart energy and transportation.

Possible Ebola patient transferred from Baylor to Presbyterian hospital, then released

Baylor University Medical Center became the second Dallas Hospital to receive a potential Ebola patient.

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Winner Environmental: Laurie L. Latham, Senior Vice President & CFO, Quest Resource Holding Corporation (Video)

Senior Vice President & CFO, Quest Resource Holding Corporation

Drilling into the Baker Hughes pink drill bits color debate

Drilling into the Baker Hughes pink drill bits color debate

Federal officials reviewing nurses’ Ebola complaints against Texas Health Presbyterian

Federal health officials are reviewing a nurses union’s allegations of improper procedures and “constantly changing” safety guidelines against the Dallas hospital where two nurses contracted Ebola while caring for a patient.

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OSHA seeks new approach to hazardous chemicals

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it can't keep up with all the hazardous chemicals being used in today's workplaces, and it's soliciting ideas on how workers can be protected from exposure to these substances.

Komen, Baker Hughes tap pink drill bits to raise breast cancer awareness in oil patch

This is the second year Baker Hughes has given its traditional black and gold drill bits a makeover in October. Last year, the company painted 500.

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Could an Ebola virus mutation make it airborne? It's a remote possibility

Public health officials and politicians in Dallas have repeatedly said that the Ebola virus can’t be spread through the air. But now the chief of the United Nations Ebola team says there is a chance, albeit remote, that the Ebola virus could become airborne if the epidemic in Africa is not brought under control quickly.

Health commissioner: Hospital’s changing story on Ebola patient sent ‘mixed message’

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas sent mixed messages when its spokespeople repeatedly changed their story about why the hospital sent a Liberian patient with contagious Ebola symptoms back to his apartment.

Gov. Perry forms task force on Ebola, other diseases

Texas Gov. Rick Perry this morning announced the formation of a pandemic disease task force to handle the current Ebola case and other infectious diseases. Perry also called for tougher Ebola screening at U.S. airports.

Missing Ebola monitoring subject found, according to reports

The man is one of 46 people believed to have had contact with the patient being treated for Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

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How Dallas became Ebola Central

When the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States turned up in Dallas, it sent chills through the medical and public health community. Here’s a timeline of how Ebola spread to the United States, and the breakdowns in the system along the way.