Mose Buchele
Mose Buchele is the Austin-based broadcast reporter for KUT's NPR partnership StateImpact Texas . He has been on staff at KUT 90.5 since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds masters degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin.
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Much of the southern part of the U.S. is under a heat advisory this week. In Texas, the heat is so extreme it's taxing the power grid.
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Millions of people are under heat advisories. Texas is experiencing some of the worst heat where high temperature records continue to be broken.
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Supporters say the plan would help bolster the Texas grid. Opponents call it a costly and unnecessary giveaway to energy companies.
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The Texas grid will be more reliant on renewables than ever, according to a recent state assessment. Texas regulators don't like that.
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Senators want to make renewable energy in the Texas more expensive and put public money toward building more gas power plants.
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Continuing drought means Texas rice farmers will not receive water from the Lower Colorado River Authority in 2023.
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Ice and other problems along the local energy system are leaving thousands without power — but the grid probably isn't to blame.
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The plan would raise prices and carbon dioxide emissions, and critics say it may not bring reliability.
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Texas bird enthusiasts are reporting fewer birds even at their backyard feeders. It mirrors a trend of bird decline across the globe.
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The Railroad Commission of Texas has been called one of the most consequential climate-related offices in the country. Democrat Luke Warford is challenging incumbent Wayne Christian for his seat.