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energy

Country’s Largest Air Pollution Permit Issued to Power Plant for Data Centers in West Texas, Developer Says

It’s among a handful of similarly colossal ventures announced during 2025, making Texas the global epicenter of a gas power buildout.

by Dylan Baddour

Keep Reading

Pitted Against Waste

by Lise Olsen and Martha Pskowski

In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health

by Aditya Panangat

The Crypto Racket

by Candice Bernd

The ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown. Officials in the Virgin Islands are currently looking into whether the oil giant misled its shareholders, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a court brief hoping to stop the investigation. May 16, 2016

Paxton: ExxonMobil Climate Investigation Must Be Stopped

Texas' attorney general is seeking to block a Virgin Islands investigation into whether the oil giant misled the public and shareholders about climate science.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Big Bend -- Pete Gallego and Will Hurd district May 10, 2016

Dozens Caught in Land Rights Fight Over Trans-Pecos Pipeline

by Naveena Sadasivam

Apr 25, 2016

Fragile Species

Can bats survive in a human-engineered world?

by Asher Elbein

Big Bend -- Pete Gallego and Will Hurd district Apr 15, 2016

Big Bend Becomes Congressional Battleground

Pete Gallego’s going green in a bid to reclaim the purple district for Democrats.

by Naveena Sadasivam

The Texas Public Utilities Commission has approved a deal to allow a group led by Dallas billionaire Ray Hunt to purchase Oncor, which oversees electricity distribution to 10 million Texans. Mar 24, 2016

Texas Regulators Approve Billionaire’s Plan to Buy Oncor

The deal will allow a group of investors led by real estate and oil and gas mogul Ray Hunt to purchase Texas’ largest electric transmission and distribution company.

by Naveena Sadasivam

lon burnam Mar 02, 2016

Lon Burnam Missed the Railroad Runoff. What Happened?

The former Fort Worth Democrat had major newspaper endorsements, environmental groups’ support and outspent his opponents, only to lose by double-digits.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Jul 28, 2015

Left Unchecked, Climate Change in Texas Will Cost Businesses Billions

by Priscila Mosqueda

Kate Galbraith and Asher Price talk Texas Energy at BookPeople

by Nick Swartsell

Suit and tie. Dec 07, 2012

Texas’ Corporate Boards Harbor Few Women

by Paul Sweeney

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