Energy
Plus: Texas installs quite a few solar panels, CenterPoint Energy has a gas outage in Northeast Texas, and pipeline companies worry about their tax break.
The Dallas-based company, which owns a major stake in the Dakota Access pipeline, is seeking $1 billion in damages.
Part of the Climate Mayors organization, the leaders are striving to meet goals stated in the Paris Agreement.
As wind energy takes a central role in the Texas grid, ”wind rights” are the new mineral rights.
Oil and gas companies get a pass-through provision from Cornyn; wind energy companies may have a harder road ahead.
Rick Perry returns from Saudi Arabia, Sen. Cornyn slips a little something nice for big oil into the tax bill, and Exxon opens its first gas stations in Mexico.
Transportation edged out electricity as the biggest source of carbon emissions last year in the United States.
The date is the anniversary of an important court ruling for oil industry employees.
Scientists at UT predict that by 2019, the state will get more energy from wind than coal.
