Tag: Texas
US sanctions on Venezuelan oil could cut the output of refineries...
Eric Smith, Tulane University
U.S. sanctions against Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company, along with some government officials and executives, are intended to put pressure...
The ghost of Roy Orbison goes on tour – and some...
Peter Lehman, Arizona State University
In January, the production company Base Hologram announced its forthcoming Roy Orbison hologram tour, “In Dreams,” with the U.S. leg...
5 things to know about mass shootings in America
Frederic Lemieux, Georgetown University
At least 10 students were killed at a Santa Fe, Texas high school on May 18 after a classmate opened fire...
The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have...
Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University New Orleans
Twenty-five years ago, on February 28, 1993, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempted to execute a “dynamic...
Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of ‘donor fatigue’
Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of 'donor fatigue'
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Flood insurance is broken. Here are some ways to fix it
Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
Hundreds of thousands of Americans whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma don’t...
Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?
Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin; Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin; Thomas Deetjen, University of Texas at Austin, and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
