They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they
It’s been two months since nearly 300,000 San Antonio residents were cast into freezing darkness during February’s Winter Storm Uri. And while there have been plenty of meetings revealing bits and pieces of the whys and hows of the breakdown, no one seems to be taking the time to ask residents how t
With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.
President Biden’s $2T Infrastructure & Climate Plan (AKA “American Jobs Plan”)
America’s Offshore Wind–Powered Future Begins in a Texas Shipyard
In announcing an ambitious renewable-energy push this
The Texas Railroad Commission’s about-face on natural gas flaring can be partially linked to pressure from European companies concerned about Texas’ dirty gas.
Amal Ahmed | Texas Observer
In February,
If Texas lawmakers really cared about ‘customer choice,’ HB 17, a bill to mandate gas hook-ups in new buildings, would not just prevent the ‘discrimination’ against fossil fuels but help
After nearly 400,000 were left freezing without power and light during Winter Storm Uri and water pump stations failed, the ire of local residents fell on San Antonio’s
For Indigenous scholar Robin Wall Kimmerer, Western grammatical norms of using “it” to refer to more-than-human relatives absolve settler cultures of moral responsibility for exploiting and dominating nature. Here’s
SAHA residents respond to the horrific losses of power and water that left residents feeling “left to die”—including one confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease currently under investigation.
Marisol Cortez
While most were the result of hypothermia, some were caused by car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, and medical equipment failure.
Sami Sparber | Texas Tribune
[As of March 27, 2021, the
Click Play: Deceleration boiled down the two-hour meeting to 25 critical minutes to bring you up to speed quick.Deceleration · Winter Storm Uri: First Meeting of the Committee on Emergency
