Deregulated Electricity a Mixed Bag for Consumers
More than a decade ago, Texas lawmakers set the state’s power market free. Longstanding rules limiting who sold electricity to whom — and how much they charged for it —…
More than a decade ago, Texas lawmakers set the state’s power market free. Longstanding rules limiting who sold electricity to whom — and how much they charged for it —…
As people around the world increasingly lean on computers to do their bidding — banking, exchanging messages or sharing too many cat photos — the data generated must live somewhere.…
HOUSTON — Weeks after Pope Francis sparked an uproar by calling for decisive action to combat human-driven climate change, an official with the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston urged a roomful of…
The agency that manages the state’s vast mineral wealth is touting a move online. The Texas General Land Office says it held the first online oil and gas lease auction…
Throughout August, The Texas Tribune will feature 31 ways Texans’ lives will change because of new laws that take effect Sept. 1. Check out our story calendar for more. BASTROP…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Calling climate change “one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and future generations,” President Obama on Monday unveiled the final version…
The operator of the electric grid that covers most of the state called for Texans to temporarily curb their electricity use for a few hours on Thursday afternoon as record-breaking demands strain the…
Upset about the way a recent state audit portrayed the agency he lead for 12 years, former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is jabbing his successor, fellow Republican George P. Bush, for failing…
Four years ago, a 64-year-old Dimmit County well spewed roughly 260 barrels of petroleum fluid that killed grasses and shrubs on surrounding ranchland. The likely cause, experts say: injections into a…
Texas’ Republican leaders and environmentalists are both claiming victory Tuesday following an appeals court ruling that requires the federal government to ease limits on certain emissions for Texas and a…