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The Brooks Development Authority was created in 2002 to redevelop the former 1,308-acre Brooks Air Force Base In 2002, San Antonio turned its 1,308-acre decommissioned Air Force base over to the Brooks Development Authority for redevelopment. More than two decades later, the organisation is looking beyond the former base as it seeks to bring more…

Photo: https://actionfornature.org At 13, Neha Blunt is using code, creativity and community action to tackle one of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges. The New Jersey student created Water Saver, a web application that turns everyday conservation into an interactive challenge, helping households track their water use and make practical changes. Her wider campaign has…

BCI surveys an abandoned uranium mine for bat habitat. Photo: Bat Conservation International. Several abandoned uranium mine sites in the Pryor Mountains of south-central Montana have been closed after federal agencies identified safety, radiation and environmental risks. The work was carried out on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with the Department…

Indian career coach says H-1B will be officially dead if the 60-day grace period is eliminated. Indian career coach in the US, Anushk Sharma, reacted to the DHS proposal to end the 60-day grace period for several visa categories, including H-1Bs, and said that if this proposal becomes a rule, the H-1B visa program is…

San Francisco legal authorities have filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel eight disputed deeds tied to a $4.4 million house in the exclusive Sea Cliff neighbourhood, after officials described the case as an elaborate attempt to take control of the property. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed the case in state court, seeking to…

Becky Shelton could have cashed in, just like many other landowners in her neighbourhood. But she knew that wasn’t what she and her late husband wanted. Selling the 215 acres to developers reshaping Northern Virginia was everything against their dream. So, she went as planned and locked the land away, ensuring that it never becomes…

For residents of Jackson, Mississippi, the question is simple yet difficult to answer: can people expect the water flowing from their taps to be safe to drink? A federal appeals court has now delivered a striking legal answer: not as a constitutional right. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the US Constitution does…

Howard has served on Berkshire Hathaway’s board since 1993 and has also held senior corporate positions. Warren Buffett spent decades building one of the world’s biggest business empires. His middle son, Howard Graham Buffett, chose a very different path. Rather than following his father into investment and finance, Howard became a farmer and conservationist. For…

Scientist finds 10,000-year-old mastodon molar while surveying California creek for threatened frogs (Image Credit: Balance Hydrologics) A routine field survey in a California redwood forest has led to an extraordinary glimpse into the Ice Age. A scientist searching a San Mateo County creek for signs of habitat conditions for threatened California red-legged frogs spotted an…

A cellphone number can appear to be a simple way to reach someone, but it is also often tied to bank accounts, password resets and two factor authentication. Federal prosecutors say a former AT&T retail employee exploited that connection by helping a hacker transfer customers’ phone numbers to devices controlled by criminals. The scheme allegedly…