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- Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to south-east Texas Mon, 13 Feb 23, 10:00pm$27bn deal would create the first direct route from Canadian mines to Gulf coast, while another would ship controversial oil from Utah
- Tesla launches Tesla Electric program to boost clean energy Tue, 7 Feb 23, 6:30amWe've covered a lot about the U.S. recent attempts to switch over to clean energy and update the grid to be ready for the upcoming increase in EV charging. Tesla is now taking that one step further by offering electricity...
- Carbon capture project is ‘Band-Aid’ to greenwash $10bn LNG plant, locals say Fri, 3 Feb 23, 9:05pmTexas community fights to save its coastline as the developers of Rio Grande LNG regain interest over claims of carbon capture
- If wishes were horses, we’d all get ponies for Christmas: Geothermal Edition Thu, 2 Feb 23, 5:00am"[I]f the Texas drilling industry drilled as many geothermal wells as it currently does oil and gas... the state could run itself off geothermal power by 2027."
- ERCOT Renewable Energy: Reality Check Tue, 1 Nov 22, 4:00pmWind and solar are cheaper to build, but not when you take into account the overbuild and storage to fully serve the grid.
- Surround yourself in the desert and stars in this home Thu, 20 Oct 22, 4:30amThe Marfa Suite is a detached addition to an existing single-bed adobe home in Texas. The suite serves as a lounge, art studio and place for the owners to stay when guests visit the home. It is made of compressed earth block...
- Classical Liberalism and Electricity: An (Unfinished) Exchange with Lynne Kiesling Fri, 19 Aug 22, 3:00pmIt is time for fundamental free-market, classical-liberal reform with electricity.”
- Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid Tue, 12 Jul 22, 8:17amElectricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits, shattering records
- Historic Texas hotel combines the past with the future Tue, 24 May 22, 3:30amThe Albert Hotel is a landmark of Texas hill country in historic Downtown Fredricksburg located on Main Street. Built on the site of and retaining the Keidel family pharmacy and homestead founded 175 years ago, the Albert...
- Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas! Fri, 20 May 22, 11:00amGuest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M...
- “Negative Electricity Prices and the Production Tax Credit” (2012 warning for Texas went unheeded) Wed, 18 May 22, 7:00pmThe market distortions caused by renewable energy incentives are one of the primary causes I believe of our current resource adequacy issue… [T]his distortion makes it difficult for other generation types to recover their...
- Sustainability is a top priority at this Texas office Sat, 9 Apr 22, 3:30amView, a leading creator of smart building technologies, announced its Smart Windows were installed at Uplands II. It is a 124,081-square-feet health and wellness office building in Austin, Texas. The recently completed Uplands...
- Texas has the largest geothermal development in the US Tue, 15 Mar 22, 3:30amEcoSmart Solution, a leader in green energy services, recently built the largest GeoGrid geothermal heating and cooling infrastructure in the U.S. Located in Austin, Texas it is a new housing development called Whisper Valley....
- Sorry, Texas Tribune, Texas Is Not Suffering Extreme Weather Because of Climate Change Fri, 18 Feb 22, 1:00pmnking extreme weather events to climate change is fearmongering, preying on peoples’ natural and reasonable fear of the power and destruction these events display.
- Low-E glass helps Frost Bank Tower reach LEED Platinum Thu, 17 Feb 22, 4:30amFrost Bank Tower by Duda|Paine Architects is the fifth tallest building in Austin, Texas, with 33 floors and 515 feet in height. Recertified from LEED Gold to Platinum, the over 500,000-square-foot facility reaches new milestones...