
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
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On the campaign trail, the president once promised there would “not be another foot” constructed under his watch.
Critics worry about leakage through rock layers, pipeline safety and the lackluster record of the technology onshore.
TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide more air conditioning. In the meantime, people are sweltering in their beds.
In a novelist’s alternative Texas, Al Gore became president and the War on Climate Change began. What could go wrong?
Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.
Heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply millions of people.
More than a third of the country faced some kind of heat advisory over the weekend.
Solar and wind input is setting records, but the state’s inefficient grid is unable to handle the full load it could deliver in the ongoing heat wave.
One company, Targa Resources, vented more than 500,000 pounds of toxins into the air during 17 reported events over a week-long period of extreme heat.