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Environment
Tomlinson: Jobs in offshore carbon capture
Oceans absorb most of the planet's carbon, companies can do more to fight climate change.
By Chris Tomlinson
Federal energy forecast throws cold water on Biden climate target
By James Osborne
Opinion: I'm not buying the 'sky is falling' climate mentality
By Letters to the Editor
Manchin: The Biden Admin panders to climate activists. I won't support...
By Joe Manchin
CERAWeek energy gathering draws climate protesters
By Kyra Buckley
Energy
Biden envoy Kerry invokes war on climate change at CERAWeek
Kerry called climate change a war that threatens to unleash a global catastrophe. Winning the fight, he said, requires a more rapid deployment of technology.
By Amanda Drane
Energy
Biden okays series of oil and gas export projects
Even as the Biden administration moves the nation towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, it has quietly approved a series of large oil and natural gas export projects.
By James Osborne
Chris Tomlinson
Tomlinson: Exxon Mobil CEO’s doublespeak reveals climate quandary
Exxon Mobil's CEO promises to lead the energy transition while investing more in fossil fuels, a contradiction hard resolve.
By Chris Tomlinson
Chris Tomlinson
Tomlinson: New research shows Exxon knew about climate change
Until the world’s oil and gas companies sign legally binding contracts committing to concrete reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, no citizen should trust these executives one iota.
By Chris Tomlinson
Business
PUC needs more money to do its job, Sunset Commission says
The panel also voted to give the Public Utility Commission until May to develop a standard for what a reliable electric grid would look like.
By Emily Foxhall
Energy
Biden's FERC pick defrays tension with Manchin, GOP
After months of infighting among Democrats over the chairmanship of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the naming of Commissioner Willie Phillips as the new chair Tuesday tamped down some criticism the commission is moving too fast on...
By James Osborne
Outlook
Opinion: 2022 Climate disasters: Too much rain – and too little
The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts, including one so severe it briefly shut down traffic on the Mississippi River. During a period of five...
By Shuang-Ye Wu
Energy
Climate-based trading schemes gain ground in wealthy nations
Led by the Biden administration and its counterparts in Europe, wealthy nations are in the very early stages of developing a global trading system that favors exports less reliant on the burning of fossil fuels.
By James Osborne
Letters to the Editor
Opinion: We need to reduce oil consumption not production
Also: We have found the solution to child poverty. We must bring it back.
By Letters to the Editor
Energy
LyondellBasell hopes closing refinery will push climate goals
Changes such as the closure of LyondellBasell’s Houston refinery will help the company as it works toward ambitious new goals to reduce climate-warming pollution associated with its facilities and products, it said Friday.
By Amanda Drane
Environment
How you can grow fresh produce at Houston's community gardens
In a city of more than 2 million people, there are almost 200 unique community gardens growing fresh fruits and vegetables for those ready to put their green thumb to the test in Houston.
By Clare Fonstein
Business
Money rush into climate startups isn't dominated by VCs any more
This past fall, one of the busiest investors in climate technology wasn’t a blue-chip venture capital firm. It was a Swiss conglomerate that makes circuit breakers, light switches and electric car chargers.
By Mark Bergen
Environment
These Texas oyster fishermen are trying to help save the industry
Fishermen and state officials do not agree on how to manage the oyster supply in bays up and down the Texas coast in an environmental and economically sustainable way. For the oystermen, it is a fight for their livelihoods and the future of their...
By Emily Foxhall
Chris Tomlinson
Tomlinson: Republicans in Congress could save the world
Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recognizes global warming. Wielding the speaker’s gavel, he has the power to turn the Republican party from the world’s foremost blocker of progress to an important voice for free-market solutions to climate...
By Chris Tomlinson
Weather
Some Houston areas at marginal risk of severe weather
The National Weather Service predicts rain and potential thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon.
By Clare Fonstein
Energy
GOP's climate politics shift as it takes control of House
With Republicans set to take control of the House in January, party leadership is promising a shift away from the climate denialism of the past for a more moderate strategy that acknowledges mankind is contributing to climate change but challenges...
By James Osborne
Energy
Commonwealth LNG gets FERC approval to build in Lake Charles
The regulatory clearance puts Commonwealth LNG in the running against competitors that are racing to build projects.
By Amanda Drane
Outlook
Essay: How Texas ranchers are fighting climate change
The Sneary family adopted regenerative ranching practices that restore soil and sequester carbon. They receive payments from a company selling carbon credits.
By Raj Mankad
Local
Indigenous leaders bring climate discussion back to Houston
The Xochipilli Collective organized the climate forum, which included storytelling and discussions centering Native communities, who are among the most threatened by global warming despite contributing the least to greenhouse emissions, according...
By Kyra Buckley
Energy
With House victory, GOP looks to rethink climate
Now Republicans have won a clear majority in the House, they will have their chance to try and bring greater scrutiny on Biden’s climate policies, including hundreds of billions of dollars in climate spending under Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.
By James Osborne