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For the first time ever, wind has surpassed coal as an energy source in Texas. Data released this month by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows…
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Solar power continues to grow in Texas, new research finds, and that growth is due in part to another renewable energy the state has in abundance:…
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Wind power in Texas is often seen as one of the state’s great success stories. It’s grown so much in the last 20 years that the state now leads the…
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Texas is not a state known for strong environmental protections. The fact is, many green groups head into legislative sessions more concerned about…
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A lot of what you read in the news boils down to numbers. What's the unemployment rate? How's the stock market? What’s the price of a gallon of gas? When…
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From Texas Standard.Global warming and climate change are two oft-used phrases in the conversation about energy production. Much of the time, scientists…
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Texas' energy industry is in flux.The state's seen recent closures of three coal-powered power plants, as the state market shifts toward renewable sources…
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Trey Murphy is a grad student in North Carolina, but he has dreams of owning land in West Texas. A few months ago, he was looking at real estate online…
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Energy company Luminant says it’s shutting down three of its coal-fired power plants in Texas by early next year. The sudden closure of so many plants is…
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Texas leads the country in wind energy production and, because of the way the state’s electric grid is set up, most of that power stays right here. But a…