Environmental Historian

John F. Hinrichs, an environmental historian, researches and writes about the history of the regulation of Texas groundwater and the commercialization of nuclear energy.

"History is not history unless it is the truth."  Abraham Lincoln

"I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."  Patrick Henry, 1775...

"History is always an interpretation and shaped by the times it is told."  Dr. Steven Mintz, Professor of History at the University of Houston...

Click Here ...This article provides an overview of groundwater conservation districts and recommends the regulation of groundwater by a statewide commission in light of the important decision (May 30, 2008) by the Supreme Court of Texas in Guitar Holding Company, L.P. v. Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, et al.

An Argument for the Statewide Regulation of Groundwater

in Texas: “Hydro-politics” After Guitar

This paper surveys the prominent books that discuss the political circumstances that caused the commercialization of nuclear energy to ground to a standstill in the 1980s.  Today the citizens of the United States question Washington policymakers about America's continuing reliance on foreign sources of hydrocarbons.  The debate once again focuses on the construction of more nuclear plants to augment the over one hundred plants now in existence in the United States.

American Presidential Actions and Policies....(this paper may be opened under the heading entitled "Articles.")