Emily Foxhall

6 days ago | tdtnews.com | Mark Sherman |Emily Foxhall

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1 week ago | texastribune.org | Mark Sherman |Emily Foxhall

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution. The ruling does not mean nuclear waste will end up in West Texas. Texas legislators have sent a bill to Gov.

Nov 26, 2024 | insurancejournal.com | Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martinez |Emily Foxhall

When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and knocked out much of the electricity system. More than 2.6 million Texas power customers went without electricity for days in the summer heat. In the aftermath, officials and residents alike turned their eyes to the Houston area’s electric utility, CenterPoint Energy.

Nov 22, 2024 | gilmermirror.com | Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martinez |Emily Foxhall

By Alejandra Martinez and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2024 “Public Utility Commission releases investigative report on CenterPoint Energy’s Hurricane Beryl response” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Aug 16, 2024 | texasstandard.org | Yuriko Schumacher |Emily Foxhall |Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martinez |Martha Pskowski

Climate change is causing hotter days and nights, which put extra stress on the human body. The problem is likely to only get worse. Yet deaths related to heat are almost certainly undercounted in Texas and nationwide, according to experts. Accounting for heat’s role in a death is notoriously difficult because of the subjectivity and complexity of the process.