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Mar 5, 2025 | withguitars.com | Natasha Khullar Relph |Xander Peters |Peter Yeung

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Feb 28, 2025 | reasonstobecheerful.world | Xander Peters

This is part two of a two-part series on ways that coal infrastructure is being repurposed to meet the needs of renewable energy. Read part one here. For four decades, the Oklaunion Power Plant has been a fixture on the landscape near rural Vernon, Texas, a town of about 11,000 in the vicinity of the Texas-Oklahoma state line. The plant burned coal to produce energy until it was officially decommissioned in September 2020.

Dec 5, 2024 | prismreports.org | Xander Peters

In 2020, two disastrous hurricanes struck southwest Louisiana in the span of just five weeks. Hurricane Laura made landfall in late August. Eighteen feet of storm surge hammered coastal communities as 130 mile-per-hour winds whipped inland Lake Charles, a gulf city of 80,000 near the Texas border. At the time, state officials described Laura—a Category 4—as the most powerful storm to hit Louisiana’s shoreline since 1856, nearly a century before the U.S. began naming hurricanes.

Oct 15, 2024 | burntorangenation.com | Xander Peters

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Georgia head coach Kirby Smart recently shared his thoughts on the Texas Longhorns ahead of the two programs’ top-ranked matchup this weekend at DKR in Austin. Per On3: “Obviously a huge matchup. It’s going to be a top-10, two teams in the country. A lot of respect for Sark. I’ve gotten to know Sark really well over the last couple years. We take a trip every year together. Really enjoyed getting to know him and have a lot of respect for the job he does.

Oct 14, 2024 | burntorangenation.com | Xander Peters

Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images Two Texas Longhorns players received the Southeastern Conference’s latest player of the week honors, including sophomore linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. and junior offensive lineman Kelvin Banks. In Texas’ Red River Rivalry win over Oklahoma this past weekend, Hill recorded 11 tackles, 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, and a forced fumble.