Author name: Joe Fassler

In the past two decades, new demand for electricity in Texas has largely been met by wind and solar, making it by far the leader in renewable energy development among U.S. states. But the AI gold rush, combined with a new, statewide subsidy system that prioritizes fossil fuel power, threatens to upend that longstanding dynamic.  […]

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Elon Musk’s time in the federal government is entering a new phase, the White House has confirmed. But the work he began at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the hastily renamed agency he’s used to make legally questionable changes within the federal government, will clearly continue. “DOGE is a way of life. Like Buddhism,” he […]

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