Source: Texas Tribune

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Texas wildfires continue growing as firefighters struggle to contain massive Panhandle blazes

  2024-02-27 by in Texas Tribune

The five fires have burned more than a million acres — more than double the landmass of Houston — as residents have fled or sheltered in place.

  Tagged under: Texas | Wildfires

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How Texas’ power grid failed in 2021 — and who’s responsible for preventing a repeat

  2022-02-15 by in Texas Tribune

In the state’s power grid, electricity and natural gas are co-dependent. Here’s how the winter storm last year broke the system.

  Tagged under: Texas | Electricity | Electricity Grid

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In oil-rich Texas, GOP lawmakers push bill to punish Wall Street for fossil fuel disinvestments

  2021-03-11 by in Texas Tribune

The bill would direct state investment funds to divest from companies that cut ties with fossil fuel companies, pitting Texas against some increasingly carbon-conscious Wall Street investors.

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Texas' move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden-led EPA

  2020-12-29 by in Texas Tribune

Texas is close to finalizing a years-long effort to wrangle control of coal ash pollution from the EPA, a move that could, for a time, keep coal companies insulated from tougher rules expected from the next administration.

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | Coal | Texas

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Lawmakers Question Tax Exemption for Natural Gas

  2011-04-14 by in Texas Tribune

In a Texas House Appropriations Committee hearing this morning, natural gas producers fought back against suggestions that a major tax exemption they receive be rolled back.

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