Xander Peters
Contributing Writer at Freelance
2024 @boell_us climate disinformation fellow, 2023 @WakeForest environmental justice fellow. Words in @NatGeo, @csmonitor, @techreview, @texasmonthly, +
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1 month ago |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
burntorangenation.com | Xander Peters
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Following the Texas Longhorns’ Red River Rivalry win over the Oklahoma Sooners this past weekend, Texas players Anthony Hill and Barryn Sorrell took mid-field to plant a Texas flag through former OU quarterback Baker Mayfield’s jersey. The Texas teammates’ idea was intended to mimic Mayfield’s flag-planting antics after Oklahoma beat Ohio State back in his college days, which ended up with a Heisman Trophy.
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