Spencer Selvidge, Author at The Texas Tribune

Energy, Environment

Revisit Starstruck, a Project on Texas’ Newest Space Race

By Annie Daniel, Becca Aaronson, Ben Hasson, Julián Aguilar, Spencer Selvidge and Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune and Neena Satija The Texas Tribune and RevealOct. 23, 2015

SpaceX and Blue Origin have big — and sometimes secretive — plans for commercial space flight from South and West Texas. While some of the companies’ new neighbors are hopeful, others fear the effects on wildlife and small-town life.

Energy, Environment

Starstruck: The Fights and Flights Behind Texas’ Commercial Space Race

By Annie Daniel, Becca Aaronson, Ben Hasson, Julián Aguilar, Spencer Selvidge and Bobby Blanchard, The Texas Tribune and Neena Satija The Texas Tribune and RevealOct. 22, 2015

A half-century after NASA began pursuing spaceflight from Houston, Texas has again become the center of an emerging space industry. SpaceX and Blue Origin plan to launch commercial rockets from Texas sites. But they haven’t won over their neighbors.

The Colorado River is shown east of Longhorn Dam in Austin. The capital city is almost entirely reliant on the Colorado River and its system of dammed reservoirs for water,

State Government

Slideshow: The Colorado River

By Spencer SelvidgeNov. 1, 2013

This slideshow offers a look at the 600-mile Colorado River, which flows from West Texas to the Gulf Coast and is under serious threat from drought and surging population growth in Central Texas.

Energy, Environment, State Government

Slideshow: Bastrop State Park Shows Signs of Rebirth

By Spencer SelvidgeApril 20, 2012

Less than a year after a wildfire burned 96 percent of Bastrop State Park’s 6,613 acres, the park is bouncing back. Here’s a photographic trip through the park, where camping areas and hiking trails having recently reopened.

Energy