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August 21, 2024 at 1:39 AM. A heat dome blanketing the southwest and Texas has caused widespread hazardous conditions for tens of millions of Americans as forecasters predicted record highs in the ...
In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [ 6 ] 13–17, [ 7 ] and 15–20. The storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages of water, food, and heat. [ 8 ]
From an aerial view a Texas National Guard soldier inspects razor wire along the bank of the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sept. 18, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. Immigrant border crossings ...
The climate in Texas is changing partially due to global warming and rising trends in greenhouse gas emissions. [1] As of 2016, most area of Texas had already warmed by 1.5 °F (0.83 °C) since the previous century because of greenhouse gas emissions by the United States and other countries. [1] Texas is expected to experience a wide range of ...
On top of individual problems with healthcare in Texas there is a shortage of healthcare providers as a whole in the state. Of the 254 counties in Texas, 230 counties are experiencing a whole-county shortage of primary care physicians, 20 counties are experiencing a partial area-specific shortage of PCPs, and only 4 counties are experiencing no ...
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According to PowerOutage.us, over 1.3 million Texans were still without power on Thursday, leading to growing frustration by customers of Houston-area utility provider CenterPoint Energy.
Annual CO 2 emissions, total by country (2017 data) shows the U.S. trails China in total annual emissions (not per capita). Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides, pollution, waste and over-population.