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Texas is known for fiercely promoting its oil and gas industries, but it’s also the No. 2 renewable energy producer in the country after California. In fact, more than a quarter of all the wind ...
Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving First Amendment free speech protections for government employees. The plaintiff in the case was a district attorney who claimed that he had been passed up for a promotion for criticizing the legitimacy of a warrant.
According to a July 2023 report by energy advocacy group Advanced Energy United, natural gas continues to be the leading source for Texas' electric generation. Wind, coal, nuclear and solar — in ...
Federal support for renewable energy of all types more than doubled, from $7.4 billion in FY 2016 to $15.6 billion in FY 2022. [6] The International Renewable Energy Agency tracked some $634 billion in energy-sector subsidies in 2020, and found that around 70% were fossil fuel subsidies.
A 2021 Texas law designed to protect the energy and firearms industries is costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars in business-related activity while increasing costs for state and local ...
• $41.5 billion to reduce the federal government's own energy bill by making federal buildings more energy efficient, • $62.3 billion to support state and local energy efforts, • $6 billion to train people for green jobs, and • $29 billion to promote investments in battery storage technologies.
Energy is a major component of the economy of Texas. The state is the nation's largest energy producer, producing twice as much energy as Florida , the state with the second-highest production. It is also the national leader in wind power generation, comprising about 28% of national wind powered electrical production in 2019.
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