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Amid soaring temps, Texas’ grid operator said unexpected shutdowns at power plants had stressed the system. Nearly 80% were “thermal” generators (mostly natural gas-fueled in Texas) and not renewable sources.
A new assessment pinpoints threats to a haven for water lovers and wildlife. The National Wildlife Federation report also identifies proactive measures that state and local leadership can pursue to prepare.
In this first installment of Digest: Heat, rain, drought, megadrought and blackouts. In each edition of this new feature we’ll present selective overviews of recent developments with a common theme or close connections.
Texas shrimpers and many others around the world use the fishing method. One study’s lowest projection showed trawling can release as much carbon into the water as Canada, the 11th biggest climate polluter, emits to the air.
The project in the largely Black Sunnyside neighborhood features intersecting efforts to advance clean energy sources and address residual impacts of long-ago policies linked to environmental racism.
An overview of the increasing urgency of Earth’s biodiversity crisis. Scientists say habitat losses are accelerating, vertebrate animals’ extinction rate is greater than thought, and two in five plant species are at risk of disappearing.
Natural climate solutions – including land management practices that increase or protect carbon storage – could provide more than a third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030, research shows.
In line with the president’s pledge to address environmental injustice, the administration named three Texans to a new White House advisory council. Another Texan’s ejection from a key advisory post was also a sign of change.
The San Antonio writer’s first novel is a South Texas love story, set amid concerns about climate disruption and environmental justice. There’s a blackout-spawning winter storm. And a mysterious trickster canine named Luz.
The measure would set five EV-boosting goals, including planning a border-to-border charging network. Texas is historically an oil-devoted place, but proponents say EVs increasingly make business and environmental sense here.
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