Boom, Extraction, and Aftermath: Environmental Consequences of the Texas Oil Boom

Illustration created by Brewminate with AI, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license The environmental consequences of the Texas oil boom reveal how technological achievement and ecological degradation...

Towering Tribute: New Engineering Building Named for Oil Pioneer Autry C. Stephens

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin’s new Engineering Discovery Building (EDB) will be named in honor of Autry C. Stephens, a renowned oil and gas pioneer and UT alumnus whose contributions have shaped the energy industry in Texas...

Church’s Texas Chicken hires Jimmy John’s vet as development chief

Name: Bobby Morena New title: Chief development officer, Church’s Texas Chicken Previous title: Chief development officer, GoTo Foods Morena, who started at Church’s on Monday, has over 25 years of franchise development experience in the...

The era of ‘free’ excess renewable energy is over

Thomas Sisto is co-founder and CEO of XL Batteries. Explosive growth in electricity demand is poised to consume any surplus that once was wasted. We all know what is coming: Forecasts expect data centers alone to increase their power consumption...

Pellicano Widening Project construction back underway after years of delay

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After years of legal battles and construction delays, the long-awaited Pellicano Drive widening project is finally moving forward, according to an update from the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority. During Monday’s El...

<![CDATA[Lilly Reveals Plan for New $3 Billion Manufacturing Facility in the Netherlands ]]>

Eli Lilly and Company announced its plan to construct a new $3 billion manufacturing facility located in Leiden Bio Science Park, Katwijk, the Netherlands.1 The new facility is expected to bolster Lilly’s manufacturing capacity in Europe, while...

Avalo Leads the Way in Developing Climate-Resilient Crops in Texas

No machine or human can yet control the rainfall or temperature of a cotton field, but Avalo is redefining what’s possible, using nature and artificial intelligence to take some of the guesswork out of cotton farming. Through its Rapid Evolution...

The SNAP impact: What Northeast Texas loses each week the program stays frozen

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) remains unfunded as the federal government shutdown enters its second month, and the lapse is now hitting home across rural Northeast Texas. According to data from the Texas Health and Human...

Westwood’s Bryant gives verbal to Texas Tech

Published 12:15 pm Monday, November 3, 2025 PALESTINE — Five-star Palestine Westwood quarterback Kavian Bryant is headed to Lubbock. The heralded prospect chose Texas Tech over Texas, SMU, Florida State and Colorado in a ceremony Saturday evening...

Cipher Mining Reports Strong Q3, Announces $5.5B AWS AI Lease

Key Highlights: Cipher Mining has signed a $5.5B, 15-year AI hosting lease with AWS. The company has announced a 1-GW HPC development in Texas. Total AI hosting deals have now reached almost $8.5 billion. Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR) posted about...

U.S. economy at risk of wobble as lower-income consumers get squeezed

WASHINGTON -The U.S. consumer’s durability as a prop for the economy may be tested in coming weeks as family budgets, particularly among the less affluent, are stressed by rising healthcare costs, the potential loss of federal food benefits, and a...

Panola College and FleetForce Truck Driver Training Partner to Expand CDL Training Access in East Texas

Partnership with national CDL training provider expands workforce development opportunities for aspiring truck drivers and employers in East Texas. Carthage, TX (November 3, 2025) – Today, FleetForce Truck Driver Training, the nation’s...

Xcel Energy Boost Five-Year Capex Plan by $15B

The new rolling five-year capital spending from leaders of Xcel Energy Inc. is $15 billion, or 33%, larger than the company’s previous one, with renewables investments accounting for more than half of the projected increase. The leaders of...

Thousands of New York jobs lost to federal energy policies

More than 6,500 jobs and $2.5 billion in investments have been lost in New York due to the Trump administration’s energy policies, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said during a press conference Friday. “This should not be a partisan issue,” Hochul...

Massive Fight Breaks Out at Bass Pro Shops in Texas, on Video

Published November 3, 2025 8:31 AM PST Whoever said fishing is relaxing hasn't been to the new Bass Pro Shops in Odessa, Texas ... where a huge brawl broke out to christen the opening ... all caught on video. The Odessa Police Department tells TMZ...

Border Industrial Association president weighs in on Project Jupiter

Border Industrial Association President Jerry Pacheco weighs in on Project Jupiter. Here is a transcript of the first portion of this conversation: KC Counts: I'd like for you to just give some perspective, Jerry, from your position, on Project...

Lilly plans new oral medicine manufacturing plant in Europe

Rendering of the planned facility in the Netherlands. [Image courtesy of Eli Lilly] Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) announced today that it plans to build a new $3 billion manufacturing facility in Katwijk, the Netherlands. Located within the Leiden Bio...

Irish Full Stack Energy expands into US with Skipping Stone partnership

The organisations plan to collaborate on solutions for utilities, traders and energy service providers facing challenges in the decarbonisation, renewables and distributed energy spaces. Full Stack Energy, a Limerick-headquartered energy...

No oversupply in oil market, UAE Energy Minister tells Adipec

There is no oversupply of oil in the market, with demand remaining strong due to the artificial intelligence and data centre boom, said Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. “I am not going to talk about an oversupply...

OPEC+ 2026 pause on production hikes allays fears of oil glut

OPEC+ agreed to pause its plans to continuously increase production in 2026, as its monthslong production hikes had stoked fear among global and U.S. producers that increased supply would push the market to an oil glut and further depress...