Energy
July 27, 2017
The Number Of Oil Spills in Texas Dropped 26 Percent in 2016
The number of spills in 2016 was the lowest Texas had seen since 2012.
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Energy
July 25, 2017
Climate Change to Bring Rising Energy Costs
Low-income Texans are particularly at risk for negative economic impacts.
Energy
July 22, 2017
NRG Energy Selling Off Its Renewable-Energy Projects
The restructuring is a change from the greener direction NRG was headed in.
Energy
July 21, 2017
T. Boone Pickens’s “Texas-Sized Fall”
The 89-year-old legendary wildcatter embraces his mortality.
Energy
July 21, 2017
New Energy in the Senate Republican Primary
A Houston energy lawyer is challenging Ted Cruz, but can he woo over the senator's oil and gas benefactors?
Energy
July 20, 2017
Oil Theft is Increasing in West Texas
Marfa Public Radio reports on the down side of the boom.
Energy
July 12, 2017
The Weather Underground
Could new wind energy storage change the Texas energy industry?
Energy
July 11, 2017
Oncor and the Oracle
Warren Buffett’s big bet with Oncor.
Energy
July 9, 2017
Warren Buffett Set to Become a Texas Energy Tycoon
"When we invest in Texas, we invest big!"
Energy
July 8, 2017
A Texas Company Wants to Spread Wind Power Across the U.S.
Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners has grand plans for national expansion.
Energy
June 30, 2017
How Texas A&M Will Help India’s Power Grid
TAMU joins a United States team focused on beefing up India's power grid.
Energy
June 29, 2017
Department of Energy Names UT Austin In Energy Grid Project
The university’s project will focus on improving energy grids in rural Texas.
Energy
June 23, 2017
What Will Rick Perry’s Delayed Energy Grid Study Say?
The current energy secretary was a big proponent of wind power as governor of Texas. The signs now point to a change of heart.
Energy
June 23, 2017
Plan to Bring High-Level Nuclear Waste to West Texas Receives Another Blow
A judge blocked the merger that could be key to the operation's future.
Energy
June 16, 2017
Gas Prices Are at a Twelve-Year Low Throughout Texas, But Don’t Count on it to Last
Start your summer vacations early, if you can.
Energy
June 15, 2017
EPA Delays Chemical Facility Safety Regulations Inspired by West Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The move comes as work begins in West on a memorial honoring the fifteen lives lost in the 2013 disaster.
Business
June 6, 2017
Dallas Is The Home Of The World’s First Energy-Positive Big Box Store
The Dallas location of Austin-based home store TreeHouse generates more energy than it uses—a first for a store of its size.
Energy
June 5, 2017
Pumpjacks and Cemeteries
A bizarre sighting in East Texas.
Energy
June 5, 2017
Donald Vidrine, BP Company Man on the Deepwater Horizon, Dies
The night supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon died at his home in Louisiana.
Energy
June 2, 2017
New York AG Says Documents Show Tillerson Misled Exxon Investors on Cost of Global Warming
More bad news for the Secretary of State and his former company.
Energy
June 2, 2017
As Trump Withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement, Rick Perry Heads to Asia
Renewable energy and LNG exports are on the agenda during the energy secretary’s week-long trip.
Energy
June 1, 2017
Trump Removes U.S. from Paris Accord, Defying Exxon and Other Energy Giants
Texas-based oil companies told Trump they hoped to keep their seats at the table.
Energy
April 26, 2017
Treasury Department Rejects Exxon’s Request For Sanctions Waiver To Drill In Russia
The oil giant’s request came as former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is the sitting Secretary of State.
Energy
April 24, 2017
ExxonMobil and SABIC Choose San Patricio County for $9.3 Billion Petrochemical Plant
Site selected over objections from some local residents.
Energy
April 18, 2017
Clean Energy Saves Lives and Grows Texas’s Economy
Environmental defense official says Trump would undo progress in Texas.
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April 11, 2017
Senators: Russians May Take Control of Houston-based CITGO
A Venezuelan loan default could give Putin a stake in Texas oil refining.
Energy
April 10, 2017
What Warm Texas Winters Really Mean
It isn't all early bluebonnets and sunshine.
Energy
April 7, 2017
A Houston Company is Set to Massively Expand Its Canadian Pipeline
Expect Standing Rock-like resistance from Canadian First Nation tribes and environmentalists.
Politics & Policy
April 5, 2017
Rick Perry is Now on The National Security Council
He’s rebounded quite well since his losing effort on ’Dancing With The Stars.’
Energy
April 5, 2017
Trump’s Promises for Coal Will Hurt Texas Clean Energy
Bringing back coal is not in Texas’s best interest.
Energy
March 30, 2017
A Lubbock Man is Accused of Impersonating a Department of Energy Worker to Invade a Home
Well that’s one way to try to invade a home.
Energy
March 23, 2017
The Uncertain Fate of the Clean Power Plan and the Future of Electricity in Texas
What rolling back the centerpiece of Barack Obama's climate agenda could mean for Texas.
Energy
March 17, 2017
As Vehicles Go Electric, Texas Can Still Lead On Fuel Supply
For decades Texas has been the largest producer of transportation fuels in the United States. Our refineries have produced gasoline, diesel and jet fuel that mobilized the nation and made the state rich. But based on current projections, demand for gasoline will decrease significantly in the coming decades because of
Energy
March 13, 2017
Here Comes Permania!
At the CERAWeek conference in Houston, everyone wanted to talk about one thing: the Permian Basin.
Energy
March 9, 2017
Stocks Roil on Oil Prices; Surplus Predicted for Months
French oil company chairman says not to expect big investments.
Energy
March 8, 2017
The UT Researcher Who Helped Create The Lithium-Ion Battery Has A New Invention
John Goodenough’s new battery could change cars, phones, and more.
Energy
March 7, 2017
Here’s The Reason Your Pump Prices Might Rise
What's contango? It's a pricing picture that has helped keep your gasoline prices low, and it's almost gone.
Energy
February 27, 2017
A Texas Energy Company Offers a Glimpse of What Carbon Capture Could Look Like
NRG Energy built the world’s largest carbon capture unit in Fort Bend County, but what is the technology’s future?
Energy
February 23, 2017
Protests Against Oil and Gas Go Local
The head of the Texas Oil and Gas Association says environmentalists are trying to block production.
Energy
February 17, 2017
How to Make America Great Again with Domestic Energy Resources
An energy plan in two parts: don’t screw up what we have going for us, and don’t settle for what we’ve done so far.
Energy
February 14, 2017
The Evolution of the Energy Capital of the World
How Houston became the center of the Texas oil boom.
Energy
February 10, 2017
This Week in Texas Energy: Wind Power Becomes Number-one Source of Renewable Energy
Plus: U.S. Representative Louis Gohmert introduces legislation around fracking.
Education
February 10, 2017
R.G.’s Roundup: A Regulator in Conflict, Happy Trump Voters, and Teacher Sex
Our favorite political reads of the week.
Energy
February 9, 2017
A Conservative Answer to Climate Change
Enacting a carbon tax would free up private firms to find the most efficient ways to cut emissions.
Energy
February 9, 2017
A Texan Is Under Consideration to Chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Barry Smitherman, the former chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, reportedly met with President Donald Trump's transition team.
Business
February 7, 2017
A 40-Cent per Gallon Price Increase Predicted for Gasoline
If an import tax proposal goes through, refineries would have to pass costs on to consumers.
Energy
February 4, 2017
This Week in Texas Energy: Rex Tillerson Sworn in as Secretary of State
Plus: Home Depot invests in wind energy and Trans-Pecos protests grow.
Energy
February 3, 2017
Renewable Stories: “Learning to Roughneck”
There’s been a recent uptick in activity in the Permian Basin. This week we look back at the last time West Texas was booming.
Energy
February 1, 2017
Native Americans Continue The Fight To Stop The Trans-Pecos Pipeline In West Texas
Using the Dakota Access Pipeline as a blueprint, Native Americans and other activists have brought protests to West Texas.
Energy
January 31, 2017
OPEC v. the Frackers: Round Two
When OPEC let oil prices plunge, U.S. producers responded by improving fracking technology.