Texas Keeps Setting Power Use Records as Summer Heat Rages

Gizmodo : Environment

The temperatures have been too damn high in Texas this summer, prompting households and businesses to crank up their air conditioning and break energy usage records again and again. The state has broken its own record for highest-ever electricity usage nine times in summer 2023.

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GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy calls Juneteenth a 'useless' holiday 2 months after he said the holiday should be a 'celebration of the American Dream'

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Vivek Ramaswamy
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

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A proposed 'battle plan' for the next Republican presidency includes eliminating a Biden-era clean energy act that funneled hundreds of billions to primarily red states

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Several wind turbines are seen on a hillside.
Project 2025, a purported action plan for the next conservative president, calls for an end to a bill that has primarily benefited red states.

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Austin is copying Houston's playbook for making housing more affordable

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General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.
General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.

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Homeowners living in dome-shaped houses say they protect against natural disasters and save them money on bills

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A blue and gray dome-shaped home surrounded by trees.
Pamela Voss and her husband purchased this dome home in 2021.

Courtesy Pamela Voss

Texas A&M board members sought a journalism program that would churn out conservatives to 'direct our message,' according to text messages

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A general view of the Texas A&M Aggies logo at midfield during the game against the Wyoming Cowboys on September 11, 2004 at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The Aggies won 31-0.
A general view of the Texas A&M Aggies logo at midfield during the game against the Wyoming Cowboys on September 11, 2004 at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The Aggies won 31-0.

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A Texas judge ruled abortions are legal when pregnancies threaten the health of the mother, siding with women who sued over being denied care. Within hours, the state blocked the ruling.

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Attorney Molly Duane, center, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
Molly Duane, the senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas.

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A rental car company is now demanding $10,000 from a Texas influencer who has been detained in Dubai for 3 months

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Tierra Allen.
Tierra Allen.

Courtesy of Tina Baxter.

House Democratic leaders are once again backing an anti-abortion lawmaker for re-election in 2024

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Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023.
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023.

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Texas police held a Black family at gunpoint and handcuffed their son after an officer mistyped while running their license plate

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Body cam footage shows an officer pointing a gun.
The Frisco, Texas police officers held the family at gunpoint.

Frisco Police Department

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