Mose Buchele
Senior Correspondent, Energy & EnvironmentMose Buchele focuses on energy and environmental reporting at KUT. He has been on staff at KUT since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds master's degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin. You can email him at mbuchele@kut.org.
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Mexican free-tailed bats are some of the most iconic animals in Austin and Central Texas. But how well do you really know them? -
People are reporting a lot of cricket swarms around Austin this year. Drought could be a reason.
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Si no hay más días de tres dígitos este año, habremos tenido un total de 78. Es la segunda cifra más alta jamás registrada. (2011 ostenta el récord con 90).
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If there are no more triple-digit days this year, we'll have a grand total of 78. That’s the second most ever recorded. (2011 holds the record with 90.)
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The Texas power grid operator reduced energy flowing along a key transmission line on Wednesday, exacerbating a power grid emergency.
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ERCOT went into emergency operations Wednesday night for the first time since 2021. It's still unclear what caused the power grid to get so close to rolling blackouts so quickly.
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A month-and-a-half straight of high temperatures in the triple digits made this Austin's hottest summer ever by most measures.
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The courts, along with federal and state lawmakers, have created a series of barriers against improving prison conditions with air conditioning.
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The Bracken Cave Preserve, outside of San Antonio, is home to as many as 20 million bats.
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To reduce strain on the grid, ERCOT will pay big energy users like manufacturers and bitcoin miners to reduce the power they use. That frees up more electrons for others and keeps supply and demand balanced.
