A Year After Blackout, Texans Navigate Climate Trauma In A Failing Fossil State
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.This piece is...
Texas Grid Ready For Cold Snap, State Regulators Claim
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nearly all of Texas' electric generation units and transmission facilities have passed the state's new winterization rules, the state grid...
Watchdog Group Sues Texas Railroad Commission Over Health, Environment Concerns
The Texas watchdog group Public Citizen and two Texas landowners are suing the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency charged with regulating the oil...
Abbott Administration Spins Grid Concerns This Summer
Following a conservation call to Texans amid tight grid conditions on Friday evening last week, state leaders on Tuesday were spinning it, calling the...
Texas Bars About to Reopen With a Plan in Effect
Most Texas bars are allowed to reopen this Friday, and they have a plan to do it safely.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that bars...
Due To Extreme Heat, ERCOT Calls For Voluntary Power Conservation
ERCOT is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Tuesday due to extreme temperatures and forecasted record...
Dallas Mayor Calls City Salaries Bloated, Proposes Cuts
While other cities look toward defunding their police departments, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is taking a close look at what Dallas’ bureaucrats make and...
$430 Million Rice Village Bond Approval Raises Questions
A quietly formed Rice University-affiliated management district won approval in November for $430 million in bonds, backed...
Texas Utility Provider Forecasts High Energy Demand For Storm Through Sunday
Feb 2 (Reuters) - Texas utility provider ERCOT said on Wednesday it forecast a high energy demand through Sunday due to a winter storm.
The...
Small Businesses Hanging on Creatively as Pandemic Continues
The world and nearly everything in it looks drastically different now —how we work, where we work, where we can travel, where we get...
