Tag Archives: wind energy
Eye on Texas: The ‘Bleached Sentinels’ of Nolan County
Austin photographer and multimedia producer Gabriel C. Pérez marvels at the towering wind turbines of Nolan County in October's Eye on Texas photo feature....Read More
Fragile Species
Can bats survive in a human-engineered world?
Can bats survive in a human-engineered world? From the east, a fungal infection is moving cave by cave, leaving obliterated bat populations in its wake....Read More
Winds of Change
Scare-mongering claims about Texas' electric grid capacity haven't yet played out, despite record-setting winds.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says 'human ingenuity' will allow it to integrate record amounts of wind-generated energy into the grid....Read More
State of Texas: The Future’s So Bright You Gotta Wear Shades
In the last decade or so, renewable power has become increasingly competitive with fossil fuels — and is even cheaper than coal and natural gas in many parts ...Read More
The Next 60: Cutting Carbon and Reinventing the Economy
Texas is uniquely vulnerable to a changing climate but also poised to take advantage of a carbon-free economy that includes wind and solar power....Read More
Tea Party Legislator Wants to Eliminate Texas’ Wind Energy Standard
Texas' successful wind industry could be undercut under legislation filed today by freshman Rep. Scott Sanford, a Republican from McKinney. Sanford's bill wo...Read More
T. Boone Pickens’ Alternative Energy Hype
Bottom line: Pickens spent 2012 pulling the plug, saying that solar and wind energy are not worth his time and money—while putting his muscle into the kind of...Read More