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} catch(e){ } </script> </div> <h1 id="logo"><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/logo.png" width="453" height="50" alt="The Texas Tribune"></a></h1> <time datetime="2012-05-27T10:49:27.151317">Sunday, May 27, 2012</time> </header> <section id="site_content" class="content bare"> <ul class="breadcrumbs clearfix"> <li><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/">Topics</a></li> <li>Category: <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/">Energy</a></li> </ul> <header class="auxiliary clearfix"> <aside class="fb float_right"><fb:like show_faces="false" width="300" action="recommend"></fb:like></aside> <h1>Topic: Wind Energy</h1> </header> <div class="grid three_columns clearfix"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> <section class="folder column float_right"> <section class="tab"> <hgroup> <h1>Tribpedia</h1> </hgroup> <section class="contents text"> <span class="inline"> <p>Wind energy is a renewable form of <a title="energy" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/energy/">energy</a> derived from wind turbines. Wind energy produces zero emissions at the source, consumes no fossil fuels and uses no water. Due to its environmental benefits, low operating costs and increasing demand for alternative fuel sources, wind energy is one of the fastest-growing forms of energy nationwide.</p> <p>Although Texas is known as an ...</p> </span> <p><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/wind-energy/about/">Read More...</a></p> </section> </section> </section> <section class="cells"> <div class="column main"> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-a-conversation-with-keffer-and-strama/">TribuneFest: A Conversation with Keffer and Strama</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/" class="author">Evan Smith</a><li><time datetime="2012-04-30T08:59:00"> April 30, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-a-conversation-with-keffer-and-strama/comments/" title="">1 Comment</a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video vimeo"> <div style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/CM_Capture_1_22_png_312x176_crop_q100.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926if_/http://player.vimeo.com/video/41165226" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>At the Trib's April 13 energy symposium at the University of Houston, I talked with state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jim-keffer/">Jim Keffer</a>, R-Eastland, the House Energy Resources Committee chairman, and state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-strama/">Mark Strama</a>, D-Austin, a committee member.</p></div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>At the Trib's April 13 energy symposium at the University of Houston, I talked with state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jim-keffer/">Jim Keffer</a>, R-Eastland, the House Energy Resources Committee chairman, and state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-strama/">Mark Strama</a>, D-Austin, a committee member.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-a-conversation-with-keffer-and-strama/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video vimeo"> <div style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/CM_Capture_2_9_png_312x176_crop_q100.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926if_/http://player.vimeo.com/video/41115262" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>As part of our day-long symposium on energy and the environment at the University of Houston on April 13, the Trib's Kate Galbraith led a discussion on clean and renewable energy.</p></div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-is-clean-energy-an-oxymoron/">TribuneFest: Is Clean Energy an Oxymoron?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/" class="author">Evan Smith</a><li><time datetime="2012-04-27T13:38:23"> April 27, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-is-clean-energy-an-oxymoron/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>As part of our day-long symposium on energy and the environment at the University of Houston on April 13, the Trib's Kate Galbraith led a discussion on clean and renewable energy.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/tribunefest-is-clean-energy-an-oxymoron/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pat-wood-tt-interview/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Pat_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Pat_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pat-wood-tt-interview/">Pat Wood: The TT Interview</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2012-04-19T14:00:00"> April 19, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pat-wood-tt-interview/comments/" title="">5 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The former chairman of the Public Utility Commission, a Port Arthur native, discusses the reasons behind the long-term power crunch in Texas, his role in the wind boom and the future of solar power.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pat-wood-tt-interview/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-coal-fired-power-fell-sharply-january/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Coal-Hands_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Coal-Hands_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-coal-fired-power-fell-sharply-january/">Texas' Coal-Fired Power Fell Sharply in January</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2012-02-24T15:32:54"> February 24, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-coal-fired-power-fell-sharply-january/comments/" title="">15 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The amount of Texas electrical power produced by coal plunged in January compared with a year earlier, and cheap natural gas appears to be the cause. Wind power production, meanwhile, has soared.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-coal-fired-power-fell-sharply-january/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-21311/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/02132012Tribweek_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/02132012Tribweek_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-21311/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 2/13/11</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/" class="author">Evan Smith</a><li><time datetime="2012-02-18T06:00:00"> February 18, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Aaronson <span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/library/about/texas-versus-federal-government-lawsuits-interactive/" target="_blank">interactively</a></span> charts the legal wrangling between Texas and the feds, Aguilar on what Obama's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-mexico-border-news/texas-mexico-border/groups-allege-proposed-budget-harms-trade-immigran/" target="_blank">budget</a> means for the border, Galbraith on <span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-ambivalence-over-wind-tax-credit-extension/" target="_blank">congressional</a></span> ambivalence about a wind tax credit, Grissom on cuts to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/attorney-generals-office/crime-victims-services-bracing-big-cuts/" target="_blank">crime victims</a> services, Hamilton on UT-Austin's plan to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/ut-austin-unveils-plan-boost-graduation-rates/" target="_blank">boost</a> graduation rates, Ramsey on our woefully low voter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-elections/texas-adults-leave-voting-small-minority/" target="_blank">turnout</a>, Ramshaw on a new <span><span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/leo-linbeck-jr/linbeck-launches-super-pac-targeting-incumbents/" target="_blank">Super PAC</a></span></span> targeting incumbents of both parties, Root on conservative opposition to the Keystone <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/oil-and-natural-gas/keystone-pipeline-sparks-property-rights-backlash/" target="_blank">pipeline</a> and M. Smith on cash-starved school districts in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/texas-schools-look-advertising-fill-budget-holes/" target="_blank">advertising</a> game: The best of our best content from February 13-17, 2012.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-21311/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-ambivalence-over-wind-tax-credit-extension/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindEnergyCotton_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindEnergyCotton_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-ambivalence-over-wind-tax-credit-extension/">In Texas, Ambivalence Over Wind Tax Credit Extension</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2012-02-14T09:00:00"> February 14, 2012 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-ambivalence-over-wind-tax-credit-extension/comments/" title="">5 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Texas has a commanding lead over other states in wind-power production. But the looming expiration of a federal tax credit jeopardizes the boom — and Texas' congressional delegation does not appear to be clamoring loudly to save it.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-ambivalence-over-wind-tax-credit-extension/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-11711/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek11072011_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek11072011_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-11711/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 11/7/11</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/" class="author">Ross Ramsey</a><li><time datetime="2011-11-12T05:00:00"> November 12, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-11711/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Ramshaw and Root on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perry-stumbles-bad-michigan-debate/">the debate</a> that dominated the nation's political news, Tan and Ramshaw on how <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perrys-oops-could-hurt-fundraising-primary-chances/">it will affect Rick Perry's campaign</a>, Philpott on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/south-carolina-strategy-rick-perry/">what "oops" might mean</a> for Perry in South Carolina, Root on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/rattled-team-perry-looks-iowa-sc/">what it means in Iowa</a>, Dehn with the latest <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas-tribune-weekend-inside/">Weekend Insider</a> video, Galbraith on the split fates of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/water-supply/texas-water-propositions-meet-different-fates/">water-related constitutional amendments</a>, Grissom on an arrest in a 1986 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-dept-criminal-justice/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals/suspect-arrested-michael-morton-murder/">murder case</a>, Hamilton on UT-Arlington's efforts to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/despite-cuts-ut-arlington-wont-increase-tuition/">control tuition</a> costs and M. Smith, Murphy and Gerdau on West Texas <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/library/multimedia/wind-farm-money-spending-schools/">schools raising money</a> with wind farms: The best of our best content from November 7 to 11, 2011.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-11711/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/library/multimedia/wind-farm-money-spending-schools/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Nolan_County_Schools_Slideshow20111027_Axel_Gerdau0001_JPG_312x176_crop_q100.JPG" alt="A junior high 6-man football game in Blackwell ISD. The on-site wind turbine can produce up to 40 percent of the school's electricity needs." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Nolan_County_Schools_Slideshow20111027_Axel_Gerdau0001_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="A junior high 6-man football game in Blackwell ISD. The on-site wind turbine can produce up to 40 percent of the school's electricity needs." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A junior high 6-man football game in Blackwell ISD. The on-site wind turbine can produce up to 40 percent of the school's electricity needs.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/library/multimedia/wind-farm-money-spending-schools/">Wind Farms Propel Money Into West Texas Schools</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/" class="author">Morgan Smith</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-murphy/" class="author">Ryan Murphy</a> and Axel Gerdau <li><time datetime="2011-11-11T05:00:00"> November 11, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Energy development capitalizing on the high winds in West Texas has injected sluggish rural communities with new economic lifeblood. The “windfall” has bestowed hundreds of millions of dollars on mostly tiny schools. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/library/multimedia/wind-farm-money-spending-schools/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube_player" tt_url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Eg-fnp-nc" tt_screencap="http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Insider_Image_1_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Insider_Image_1_png_312x176_crop_q100.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <div class="placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, reporter Julian Aguilar explains the challenges and temptations facing business owners on the border. And reporter Morgan Smith takes us to West Texas, where school districts have benefited from the wind energy boom.<br/> <strong></strong></p></div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas-tribune-weekend-inside/">Video: Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, November 10, 2011</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/" class="author">Justin Dehn</a><li><time datetime="2011-11-10T15:00:00"> November 10, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas-tribune-weekend-inside/comments/" title="">1 Comment</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, reporter Julian Aguilar explains the challenges and temptations facing business owners on the border. And reporter Morgan Smith takes us to West Texas, where school districts have benefited from the wind energy boom.<br/> <strong></strong></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas-tribune-weekend-inside/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/daniel-yergin-tt-interview/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Daniel-Yergin-c-Jon-Chomitz_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Daniel-Yergin-c-Jon-Chomitz_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/daniel-yergin-tt-interview/">Daniel Yergin: The TT Interview</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Susannah Jacob <li><time datetime="2011-11-02T05:00:00"> November 2, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/daniel-yergin-tt-interview/comments/" title="">4 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The Pulizer Prize-winning author and leading authority on energy on his new book, <em>The Quest</em>; the future of Texas energy, including wind, solar and natural gas prices; and the burning national debate on how to spell "fracking."</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/daniel-yergin-tt-interview/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube_player" tt_url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne3LP6k9gU8" tt_screencap="http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TXTRIB-WindMillers_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TXTRIB-WindMillers_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <div class="placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>A windmill company based in San Angelo has been making windmills since 1888 — and the family of Panhandle windmiller Mike Crowell has been in the business of fixing the machines nearly as long.</p></div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/water-supply/texas-windmillers-at-work/">Video: Texas Windmillers at Work</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a> and Axel Gerdau <li><time datetime="2011-10-28T05:00:00"> October 28, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A windmill company based in San Angelo has been making windmills since 1888 — and the family of Panhandle windmiller Mike Crowell has been in the business of fixing the machines nearly as long.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/water-supply/texas-windmillers-at-work/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube_player" tt_url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGC_VlIb5R0" tt_screencap="http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_shot_2011-10-27_at_8.21.49_AM_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Screen_shot_2011-10-27_at_8.21.49_AM_png_312x176_crop_q100.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <div class="placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, reporter Becca Aaronson talks about the embattled Texas weatherization program getting back on track. Reporter Kate Galbraith introduces us to a family that's been "windmilling" for more than 100 years.</p> <p> </p></div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas/">Video: Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, October 28, 2011</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/" class="author">Justin Dehn</a><li><time datetime="2011-10-27T09:55:33"> October 27, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, reporter Becca Aaronson talks about the embattled Texas weatherization program getting back on track. Reporter Kate Galbraith introduces us to a family that's been "windmilling" for more than 100 years.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/video-texas/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-101711/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek_10_17_2011_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Tribweek_10_17_2011_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-101711/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 10/17/11</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/" class="author">Ross Ramsey</a><li><time datetime="2011-10-22T05:00:00"> October 22, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Hamilton on efforts to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/does-texas-higher-education-have-morale-problem/">boost faculty productivity</a>, Grissom on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-newspaper/texas-news/23-years-after-murder-suspect-emerges/">newly uncovered evidence</a> in an old murder case, Galbraith on a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/wind-power-transmission-lines-rise-across-texas/">wind-powered construction</a> boom, Dehn unfurls the new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/video-texas-tribune-insider--october-20-2011/">Texas Tribune Weekend Insider</a>, Aguilar on this year's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/immigration-in-texas/immigration/ice-removes-record-number-immigrants-fy-2011/">record number of deportations</a>, Ramshaw and Tan on budget cuts and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/perry-hates-cancer-slashes-funding-testing/">cervical cancer</a> screenings, M. Smith on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/at-sboe-a-push-to-ease-transition-to-staar-exams/">local control</a> over student grades, Root and Ramshaw on Rick Perry's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/new-rick-perry-shows-gop-debate/">latest debate</a> performance, Philpott on an issue that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/water-issue-wont-be-still-long/">didn't get its due</a> in that debate and Titus and Murphy on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-congressional-election/3q-fundraising-reports-paint-picture-house-races/%27">fundraising and spending</a> in congressional races: The best of our best content from October 17 to 21, 2011.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-101711/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/wind-power-transmission-lines-rise-across-texas/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-CREZLines-008_JPG_312x176_crop_q100.JPG" alt="Near Sweetwater, construction has started on transmission lines that will connect windy regions of the state to its population centers. The total cost of all the lines throughout Texas is estimated at nearly $7 billion." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-CREZLines-008_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Near Sweetwater, construction has started on transmission lines that will connect windy regions of the state to its population centers. The total cost of all the lines throughout Texas is estimated at nearly $7 billion." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Near Sweetwater, construction has started on transmission lines that will connect windy regions of the state to its population centers. The total cost of all the lines throughout Texas is estimated at nearly $7 billion.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/wind-power-transmission-lines-rise-across-texas/">Wind Power Transmission Lines Rise Across Texas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-10-21T05:00:00"> October 21, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/wind-power-transmission-lines-rise-across-texas/comments/" title="">3 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Workers are stringing thousands of miles of wires across Texas to aid the wind-power boom, despite lingering controversy — and an estimated cost of $6.8 billion. West Texas businesses have found a niche providing for  workers.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/wind-power-transmission-lines-rise-across-texas/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube_player" tt_url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZKZtstBLoc" tt_screencap="http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TribuneInsider_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TribuneInsider_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <div class="placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, executive editor Ross Ramsey talks about the influence super PACs have on political campaigns, and reporter Kate Galbraith explains the challenges Texas faces with its wind power boom.</p></div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/video-texas-tribune-insider--october-20-2011/">Video: Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, Oct. 20, 2011</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/" class="author">Justin Dehn</a><li><time datetime="2011-10-20T15:00:00"> October 20, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In this edition of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, executive editor Ross Ramsey talks about the influence super PACs have on political campaigns, and reporter Kate Galbraith explains the challenges Texas faces with its wind power boom.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/video-texas-tribune-insider--october-20-2011/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/donna-nelson-tt-interview/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/donna-nelson_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Chairman Donna L. Nelson - Public Utility Commission of Texas" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/donna-nelson_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Chairman Donna L. Nelson - Public Utility Commission of Texas" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Chairman Donna L. Nelson - Public Utility Commission of Texas</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/donna-nelson-tt-interview/">Donna Nelson: The TT Interview</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-09-27T11:59:00"> September 27, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/donna-nelson-tt-interview/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission on how close Texas came to rolling blackouts this summer, what consumers can expect to pay as wind-power transmission expands, and how the historic drought affects the reliability of the power grid. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/donna-nelson-tt-interview/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/energy-and-environment-texas-tribune-festival/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/EnergyTrack_lead-art1024x678_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/EnergyTrack_lead-art1024x678_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/energy-and-environment-texas-tribune-festival/">Energy and Environment at The Texas Tribune Festival</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/" class="author">Ross Ramsey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-murphy/" class="author">Ryan Murphy</a><li><time datetime="2011-09-24T08:45:00"> September 24, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>We'll be liveblogging throughout the weekend from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/home/">Texas Tribune Festival</a>'s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/energy-environment/">energy and environment track</a> — which includes panels on the coming crisis over water, big oil and national security, and whether green energy is an oxymoron.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/energy-and-environment-texas-tribune-festival/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/environmental-problems-and-policies/could-epa-rule-turn-lights-texas/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/EPA_Hearings_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/EPA_Hearings_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/environmental-problems-and-policies/could-epa-rule-turn-lights-texas/">Could EPA Rule Turn the Lights Off in Texas?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Claire Cardona <li><time datetime="2011-09-13T17:00:00"> September 13, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/environmental-problems-and-policies/could-epa-rule-turn-lights-texas/comments/" title="">22 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>At a hearing today, power companies and state agencies slammed the Environmental Protection Agency over a measure aimed at reducing emissions from power plants in 27 states, including Texas.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/environmental-problems-and-policies/could-epa-rule-turn-lights-texas/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/texas-perry-has-presided-over-wind-gas-booms/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryEnergyForms_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryEnergyForms_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/texas-perry-has-presided-over-wind-gas-booms/">In Texas, Perry Has Presided Over Wind, Gas Booms</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-08-21T05:00:00"> August 21, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/texas-perry-has-presided-over-wind-gas-booms/comments/" title="">10 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> often emphasizes that he </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://governor.state.tx.us/initiatives/energy/" target="_blank">favors diversification of energy sources</a><span> — and the record mostly bears him out. Wind farms and gas drilling have proliferated under his tenure, and he has tried to make building coal plants easier.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/texas-perry-has-presided-over-wind-gas-booms/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/texas-still-being-asked-conserve-energy/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-ElecticSub-CR03_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-ElecticSub-CR03_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/texas-still-being-asked-conserve-energy/">ERCOT Urges Continued Energy Conservation</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Ioanna Makris <li><time datetime="2011-08-08T17:08:42"> August 8, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/texas-still-being-asked-conserve-energy/comments/" title="">3 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>As the scorching summer days march on, so does the fear of blackouts.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/texas-still-being-asked-conserve-energy/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-8111/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tribweek-aug6_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tribweek-aug6_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-8111/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 8/1/11</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/" class="author">Evan Smith</a><li><time datetime="2011-08-06T05:00:00"> August 6, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Aguilar on the denial of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/immigration-in-texas/immigration/border-asylum-judges-deny-most-petitions/" target="_blank">asylum petitions</a> by border judges, Galbraith on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-museum-winds-evolution-display/" target="_blank">history</a> of wind, Grissom talks to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/adan-munoz/adan-munoz-tt-interview/" target="_blank">head</a> of the Jail Standards Commission, Hamilton on plans for the state's new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/perry-announces-creation-new-online-texas-universi/" target="_blank">online</a> university, Murphy and Ramsey on political <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/campaign-finance/campaign-finance-political-armories-midyear/" target="_blank">warchests</a> at midyear, Philpott on Texas' trucker <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-economy/economy/texas-short-on-truckers-while-demand-is-up/" target="_blank">shortage</a>, Ramsey talks <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2014-statewide-elections/has-been-busy-year-state-comptroller-susan-combs-s/" target="_blank">data privacy</a> and abortion with Susan Combs, Ramshaw on the Rick Perry's experimental adult <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/perrys-surgery-included-experimental-stem-cell-the/" target="_blank">stem cell</a> procedure, Root on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/cloud-controversy-hangs-over-prayer-palooza/" target="_blank">response</a> to The Response, M. Smith on the country's could-be next <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/first-lady-who-avoids-spotlight-faces-bigger-one/" target="_blank">first lady </a>and Tan on a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/day-1-thousands-texas-teachers-losing-jobs/" target="_blank">few</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/day-2-feral-hog-hunting-takes-flight-texas/" target="_blank">of</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/day-3-wrongfully-convicted-texans-receive-compensa/" target="_blank">the</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/day-4-less-financial-aid-texas-students/" target="_blank">ways</a> Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 1 to 5, 2011.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-8111/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/ercot-rolling-out-first-step-emergency-procedures/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ERCOT_Blackouts_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ERCOT_Blackouts_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/ercot-rolling-out-first-step-emergency-procedures/">ERCOT Rolling Out First Step of Emergency Procedures</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Ari Auber <li><time datetime="2011-08-02T18:07:11"> August 2, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/ercot-rolling-out-first-step-emergency-procedures/comments/" title="">22 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>As scorching temperatures continued and Texas electricity use reached another all-time high, the state grid operator initiated the first step of emergency procedures today, seeking power from other grids, including Mexico.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/electric-reliability-council-texas/ercot-rolling-out-first-step-emergency-procedures/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-museum-winds-evolution-display/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AmericanWindPower-center001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AmericanWindPower-center001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-museum-winds-evolution-display/">In Texas Museum, Wind's Evolution is on Display</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-08-01T09:00:00"> August 1, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-museum-winds-evolution-display/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Forests of enormous electric wind turbines now rise across West Texas — a far cry from the smaller, water-pumping windmills that covered the land a century ago. In Lubbock, a museum called the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.windmill.com/">American Wind Power Center</a> traces this change, juxtaposing old and new.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-museum-winds-evolution-display/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-72511/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/07252011_Tribweek_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/07252011_Tribweek_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-72511/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 7/25/11</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/" class="author">Ross Ramsey</a><li><time datetime="2011-07-30T05:00:00"> July 30, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Aaronson examines the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/texas-workforce-commission/unemployment-miracle-texas/">Texas jobs "miracle,"</a> Root on how Rick Perry <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perry-scored-land-deals/">built his financial portfolio</a>, Tan and Wiseman on Perry <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/video-rick-perry-vs-ron-paul-/">vs. </a>Ron Paul, Philpott on how <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/texas-mental-health-center-smaller-cuts-sting/">budget cuts</a> will affect a mental health provider, yours truly on a House freshman who was <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/for-texas-house-frosh-the-first-time-was-no-charm/">less than impressed</a> with his first legislative experience, M. Smith on public schools charging for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/student-fees-redefine-free-public-school/">things that used to be free</a>, Hamilton on a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/paredes-we-need-reinvent-publich-higher-ed/">new call to reinvent higher education</a>, Grissom on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-dept-criminal-justice/death-penalty/criminal-appeals-court-grants-rare-execution-stay/">a rare stay of execution</a>, Galbraith on the end of a Panhandle <a>wind program</a>, Aguilar on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/immigration-in-texas/immigration/legal-immigration-texas-us-increases/">the increase of legal immigration</a> into the U.S. and Texas: The best of our best content from July 25 to 29, 2011.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-local-news/tribweek/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-72511/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/shakeup-texas-wind-research/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindPower_Bushland_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Aluminum tape covers the sensors being tested on a wind turbine in Bushland, Texas." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindPower_Bushland_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Aluminum tape covers the sensors being tested on a wind turbine in Bushland, Texas." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Aluminum tape covers the sensors being tested on a wind turbine in Bushland, Texas.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/shakeup-texas-wind-research/">End of an Era for Panhandle Wind Program</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-07-27T05:00:00"> July 27, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/shakeup-texas-wind-research/comments/" title="">10 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>As the Department of Agriculture focuses on biofuels, it is pulling out of wind and solar research. For the tiny Panhandle hamlet of Bushland, this means the end of a wind program that has operated for 35 years.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/shakeup-texas-wind-research/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_25"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/wind-energy/west-texas-project-change-future-of-wind-power/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PanHandleWindfarm_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="New turbines tower over an old windmill at the Whirlwind wind farm, near Floydada" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PanHandleWindfarm_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="New turbines tower over an old windmill at the Whirlwind wind farm, near Floydada" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">New turbines tower over an old windmill at the Whirlwind wind farm, near Floydada</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/wind-energy/west-texas-project-change-future-of-wind-power/">West Texas Project Could Change Future of Wind Power</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Lindsay Patterson <li><time datetime="2011-04-20T05:00:00"> April 20, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Utility giant Duke Energy announced last week that it has hired a Kyle-based company to build what would be the world’s largest wind energy storage system for the Notrees wind farm in West Texas. As Lindsay Patterson reports for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://kut.org/">KUT News</a>, the technology behind the project could solve some of wind power’s biggest problems.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/wind-energy/west-texas-project-change-future-of-wind-power/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-lawmakers-consider-creating-an-energy-/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Coal-Hands_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Coal-Hands_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-lawmakers-consider-creating-an-energy-/">Texas Lawmakers Consider Creating an Energy Council</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kate-galbraith/" class="author">Kate Galbraith</a><li><time datetime="2011-04-07T17:29:13"> April 7, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-lawmakers-consider-creating-an-energy-/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The Senate Natural Resources Committee heard testimony this morning on a bill that would create a Texas Energy Policy Council charged with formulating an energy plan for the state.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/texas-lawmakers-consider-creating-an-energy-/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_27"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pushing-renewable-energy-on-a-tight-budget/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindFarmCattle-ES_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Cows graze near wind turbines at an Iberdrola Renewables wind farm along the Texas coast." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WindFarmCattle-ES_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Cows graze near wind turbines at an Iberdrola Renewables wind farm along the Texas coast." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Cows graze near wind turbines at an Iberdrola Renewables wind farm along the Texas coast.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pushing-renewable-energy-on-a-tight-budget/">Pushing Renewable Energy on a Tight Budget</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Erika Aguilar <li><time datetime="2011-02-24T05:00:00"> February 24, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>It’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120527154926/http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/texas-renewable-energy-industries-association-2586/news/article/2011/01/texas-energy-independence-week">renewable energy lobby week</a> at the Capitol, and as<a href="kut.org"></a> Erika Aguilar of <a href="kut.org">KUT News</a> reports, the budget shortfall — though sure to dampen hopes for some legislation — isn't keeping advocates from pushing for a number of energy programs.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120527154926/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/pushing-renewable-energy-on-a-tight-budget/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </section> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </div> <script> $(window).load(function () { // Collect cells into row arrays. var $cells = $('.grid > .cells > *'); 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