PoliticsCorey Leopold/Flickr Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation amid heat wave The state’s grid operator asked that Texans voluntarily reduce their power use on Monday as the blistering heat continues — and said no rolling blackouts are expected this week.
Politics Why Texas’s power grid still hasn’t been fixed After last winter’s deadly failures, regulators promised solutions. But who would profit?
Impacts www.statesman.com Many power units that failed during Texas freeze also failed in 2011 storm Nearly 75% of the generation units that suffered outages during the 2011 storm also had shutdowns or reduced production during this year's freeze.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
