Pasadena solar lab fuels future energy education
Pasadena Texas installs a $2 million solar lab atop Sam Rayburn and another high school in the district. The project, funded by a Shell refinery settlement of 5.8 million, aims to educate students with real data while cutting about 15000 annually from district electricity bills. Local student Shirleyne Murr-Thompson notes pride in the Gulf Coast energy contribution and the program’s educational value.
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Sam Rayburn
Study ranks Texas low in taxes and spending
A Texas study by mostly Democratic lawmakers marks Texas near the bottom in taxing and spending per capita and dead last in adult high school diploma rates. The biennial report titled Texas on the Brink compares Texas with national data on education, taxation, air quality and related factors, drawn from census and nonprofit sources. Lawmakers call the performance abysmal and urge Republican leaders to push reforms.
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Austin
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National Center For Children and Poverty
Kaiser Family Foundation
Senate probes Texas power outages from winter storm
Texas lawmakers heard ERCOT and utility executives explain failures as 82 of 550 generating units either shut down or could not start during the Feb 2 cold snap. ERCOT warned rolling blackouts after demand peaked around 57,282 megawatts, with several plants, including Luminant units, contributing to outages.
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