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by Robert Zullio Across the country, electric demand is growing and could explode if green goals like electrifying home heating, industry, and transportation come to fruition. At the same time, many states, utilities, and businesses have pledged to decarbonize, helping push older coal and gas power plants that have struggled to stay economically competitive into…

by Ryan Hanrahan The Texas Tribune’s Jayme Lozano Carver reported this past Friday that estimates from recent wildfires in the Texas Panhandle “show more than 7,000 head of cattle died. The final number directly related to the fires could reach 10,000. The true total may not be known for months,…

Image courtesy of Kansas FFA Association Ah, the frenzy of FFA judging season! It’s a time when the tension is as thick as the dust on the boots of every aspiring agricultural aficionado. While there are plenty of things to do to ensure success, we asked some advisors what not…

A Montana rancher pleaded guilty this week to two felony wildlife crimes: Conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act — as part of an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids in the United States to sell the species to captive hunting facilities. He…

El Niño weather patterns are quickly fading and expected to vanish by late spring or early summer.  Meteorologists report that the cyclical warming of water in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean near the equator is waning. Following its peak in late November and December, ocean temperatures in this region…

The traffic in Houston can be downright awful. But Houston traffic and a top-notch rodeo proved they were no match for tie-down roper Marty Yates.  Yates won his semi-final set at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Wednesday, proceeding to the finals in tie-down roping. But none of that…