Energy - Deceleration (Page 4)

As Temps Soar, Federal Utility Assistance Funds for Appear to Shortchange Hottest States

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) covers less than 8 percent of low-income residents’ heating and cooling costs in Texas. That’s compared to nearly 23 percent in northern states.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Jul 2024

As Temps Soar, Federal Utility Assistance Funds for Appear to Shortchange Hottest States

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

South Texas landowners and communities have long decried the land and water pollution from the coal plant and adjacent lignite mining operations, one of the most contaminated locations in the state.

By James Courtney

/ 19 Jun 2024

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

Citibank HQ Climate Protest Leads to Dozens of Arrests during Onset of ‘Summer of Heat’

‘The atmosphere is electric as hundreds gather to shut down Citibank’s Global HQ,’ one group declared. ‘We are here to demand a future free from fossil fuels.’

By Common Dreams

/ 14 Jun 2024

Citibank HQ Climate Protest Leads to Dozens of Arrests during Onset of ‘Summer of Heat’

Valero Energy Accused of Fueling Genocide at ¡Viva Viva Palestina! Blockade Action

Valero Energy has been a leading supplier of jet fuel to Israel for years—and wants to sell the nation more. An hours-long blockade at the company HQ on Monday shows that those a growing number standing against Palestinian genocide have taken notice.

By James Courtney

/ 16 Apr 2024

Valero Energy Accused of Fueling Genocide at ¡Viva Viva Palestina! Blockade Action

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

‘They spent millions of dollars pushing desalination and all the money went to lawyers, permitting and public relations. The idiots sold water they didn’t have,’ said a local retired chemical engineer.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 12 Apr 2024

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

With the new federal methane rule entering the home stretch, stranded gas in the Permian Basin could contribute to more flaring this year.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

Life Around Gulf Coast Gas Export Terminals Marked by Explosions, Alarms, and Secrecy

As liquefied natural gas terminals grow exponentially along the U.S. Gulf Coast, experts raise alarm on low-risk, high-consequence events.

By Pam Radtke

/ 15 Mar 2024

Life Around Gulf Coast Gas Export Terminals Marked by Explosions, Alarms, and Secrecy

Approved Saguaro Gas Pipeline Could Damage Native Lands in Far West Texas—and More

Opponents of the Saguaro Connector Pipeline say it would do irreparable harm to sacred sites—and possibly feed an LNG boom—if it is allowed to link the Permian Basin to Mexico for export.

By Sara Sneath

/ 22 Feb 2024

Approved Saguaro Gas Pipeline Could Damage Native Lands in Far West Texas—and More

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

‘Misplaced Trust’ found 4.2 million acres—or 3 million football fields—in Texas land trusts that were wrested from Native peoples. Similar findings mar university holdings across the West, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and elsewhere.

By Tristan Ahtone

/ 14 Feb 2024

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

How Some of the Biggest Texas Polluters Keep Skirting Federal Environmental Laws

Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski and Inside Climate News

/ 5 Jan 2024

How Some of the Biggest Texas Polluters Keep Skirting Federal Environmental Laws

Texas Anti-Crypto ‘Week of Action’ to Challenge Bitcoin’s Hidden Costs

Targeting high water use, energy waste, and round-the-clock noise, opponents are challenging Bitcoin efforts in Navarro County, the author of ‘Let Them Eat Crypto’ writes.

By Peter Howson

/ 11 Oct 2023

Texas Anti-Crypto ‘Week of Action’ to Challenge Bitcoin’s Hidden Costs

Welcome to Total’s ‘Petro City’: Arlington, Texas

In this heavily drilled North Texas city, a UK-based investigative reporter finds echoes of TotalEnergie’s oil exploitation of Nigeria, Iraq, and Kurdistan.

By Tom Brown

/ 23 Aug 2023