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  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Russell Gold

    In 2015, the Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm got a glimpse of the future and didn't like what he saw. Renewable energy, he realized, was a threat to the long-term dominance of oil and natural gas. At the time, Oklahoma was facing a budget crisis and lawmakers wanted to increase taxes on oil and gas.

  • 2 months ago | texasmonthly.com | Russell Gold |Jason Heid

    Meteorologically speaking, it was a bad day for renewable energy. A dense fog enshrouded downtown Austin so completely that the Capitol wasn’t visible from two blocks away. Wind was nonexistent. My expectations were low as I took a short walk to the remote operations center of the second-largest wind-and-solar power producer in the state. But Texas, you may have heard, is big.

  • Jan 30, 2025 | texasmonthly.com | Russell Gold

    I rapped my knuckles on the galvanized aluminum exterior to make sure it wasn’t some sort of desert mirage. It was solid: $400 million worth of concrete, electronics, and steel assembled to rotate a thick rubber belt along roughly 66,000 metal rollers. Something on the order of 13 million tons of sand can be carried the entire length of the machine—42 miles—each year.

  • Jan 30, 2025 | flipboard.com | Russell Gold

    22 hours ago Victims in North Lubbock murder-suicide identified by police LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock Police Department on Wednesday identified the victims involved in a murder-suicide that happened in the 700 block of … 1 day ago El Paso man faces multiple deceptive business practice charges EL PASO, Texas — A 41-year-old man from West El Paso has been arrested on several counts of deceptive business practices and unauthorized use of a … 3 hours ago Smith: Shelters on the Border It’s early...

  • Jan 29, 2025 | texasmonthly.com | Russell Gold

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Russell Gold
Russell Gold @russellgold
13 May 25

Houston has a subway. Sort of. Mickey Mouse was involved in its creation. No lie. https://t.co/Yx7JieFDlz

Russell Gold
Russell Gold @russellgold
13 May 25

To be competitive in AI race, the political right will need to accept the need for solar+batteries, and the political left will need to accept the need for natgas peakers. So says @FERChatterjee. New politics needed for a new energy world.

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Cipher News @CipherClimate

“If we're genuinely in an AI race — and we need to win the AI race against the Chinese Communist Party — we need the power right now. ASAP,” said @FERChatterjee, a top energy regulator during the 1st Trump administration. Here's what that's going to take: https://t.co/pEQzuwzhL2

Russell Gold
Russell Gold @russellgold
13 May 25

Ercot today set a new #solar record: 27,036 mw. Pretty much all of that has been added in the last five years. That's like building & adding 11 nuclear power plants to the grid. If you need power fast, it's got to be solar. 🌞🌞 https://t.co/MuMmcIeU2I