I must call my agent and ask him where my royalty checks are for two books I absolutely didn't write. g.co/gemini/share...
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This is just to say ... 🔥The US is producing more oil than any other country. 🔥 Ever.🔥 This happened under Biden, building off policies going back over the last 3, 4 presidents.
Hey energy folks, there's a new podcast in town. My friend Andy Uhler is spinning tales of Texas energy land. Tune in for a fascinating look at what we mean when we talk about the energy transition. (It's not what you expect.) podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ene...
I wrote last week about the lithium boom coming to the bayous of NE Texas and S Arkansas... then the federal government gave two $225mm grants to lithium miners (in TexArkLa region) as part of their battery manufacturing push. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
An ingenious Texan’s invention may soon bring extensive mining of the metal—vital for our increasingly battery-powered future—to the northeast corner of the state.
In a Waco courtroom today, crytpo miners are suing to prevent us from knowing how much electricity they use. Why do they want us to be in the dark? www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Texas Blockchain Council aims to stop a new federal requirement that its members disclose how much electricity they’re pulling from the grid.
Meet Tim Dunn, the billionaire oilman and lay preacher who runs Texas. My latest article for Texas Monthly. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The state’s most powerful figure, Tim Dunn, isn’t an elected official. But behind the scenes, the West Texas oilman and lay preacher is lavishly financing what he regards as a holy war against public ...
Good bye to 2023, the year Texas overtook California for most installed solar. 🌞 We’ve consolidated all the heavyweight belts (sun, wind, gas & oil.) Next year, we defend against Floyd Patterson.
I expect to write about the election in the coming year. And with Burch running, it just got a lot more interesting. Can't remember the last time a Democrat who understood oil wells ran for the commission. Link to 2022 article-> www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
First time we met, he was sitting in a SUV parked near a well, monitoring the attempts to stop the leak. He (helpfully) took my notepad and drew well schematics to explain his theory about what was happening. 3/
... years ago while reporting my article about a West Texas rancher fighting Chevron. She hired Burch to understand what was happening below the surface of her ranch. 2/
