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Guest “God blessed Texas” by David Middleton Boycott Texas oil, and Texas will boycott you, says Gov. Abbott with new lawBy RACHEL ADAMS-HEARD on 6/15/2021 (Bloomberg) –Texas is drawing battle…

Officials advise to avoid using large appliances such as ovens and washing machines, amid soaring summer temperatures

The state’s authority has called for Texans to avoid using large appliances such as ovens and washing machines

Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for the future that’s captured the attention of environmentalists and oil and gas...

The two founders of Crusoe Energy think they may have a solution to two of the largest problems facing the planet today — the increasing energy footprint of the tech industry and the greenhouse gas emissions associated...

Thousands of abandoned oil wells dot the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, endangering humans and wildlife. With oil costs plummeting, they’re likely to proliferate. Who is going to cover the cleanup costs?

Starting in the years after World War II, Black neighborhoods around the U.S. were destroyed and replaced with highways in the name of urban renewal. But people in Harris County, Texas have had enough. The county is suing...

Unpredictability and complexity are quickening, and technology has its place, but not simply as an individual safeguard or false security blanket.

Texas freezes and the power goes off across much of the state. Whose fault was it? Donald Trump knows

Conservatives have blamed the state’s power fiasco on solar and wind even though they account for a fraction of supply

Several animals, including monkeys, chimpanzees and lemurs, have died at a Texas animal sanctuary due to freezing temperatures and a power outage. According to a statement released by Primarily Primates, the sanctuary affected...

As climate impacts intensify, power grids stuffed with ageing fossil fuel infrastructure crumble

Houston Texas, Feb 2021. Image by Fish & Trips Texas toyed with cascading crises The Green Experiment could have gone so much worse. Here’s a man who was a gas industry executive involved in a near miss in New England...

Shutdowns led to the refineries flaring, or burning and releasing gasesWhat caused huge Texas blackouts – a visual explainerThe largest oil refineries released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this week,...

While the brutal winter storms across the U.S. are difficult for humans, they also put wildlife at risk, particularly cold-blooded reptiles, like sea turtles. Fortunately, instead of staying home and trying to keep warm during...