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Tomlinson: Abbott fell into Hamas's trap in crushing protests

Police keep watch at a protest of the war in Gaza at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24. Students walked out of class as protests continue...

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Tomlinson: Biden sends $16B for clean energy and jobs in Texas

Pablo Vegas, president and CEO of ERCOT, discussed ERCOT's power demand forecasts and its plans to address them at a board meeting Tuesday. A...

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Tomlinson: Cult or corporation? Tesla investors must decide.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, sits with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.  Elon Musk, billionaire and chief executive officer of Tesla.  A Tesla Cybertruck. A...

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Tomlinson: Samsung chip plant puts premium on electricity, water

A water tower in Taylor, where Samsung is planning a $40 billion computer chip plant. President Joe Biden signs H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act...

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Tomlinson: Patrick property tax plan plots demise of public schools

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, left, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan at a press conference at the state Capitol in 2021. Patrick has ordered...

16.04.2024 20

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Tomlinson: Texas taxpayers deserve efficiency health care system

Dr. Mudit Gilotra, center, assistant medical director of Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston, talks with Robert Tobar about his shoulder pain in...

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Tomlinson: Solar power takes over Texas grid, in diverse ways

Although the path of totality for Monday’s total solar eclipse was relatively narrow, the phenomenon darkened skies over much of the United States...

09.04.2024 8

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Tomlnson: Corrupted information can be as deadly as spoiled food

An anonymous website for computer enthusiasts and Japanese animation gave birth to the hacker collective known as Anonymous.  In 2017, an 8chan troll...

05.04.2024 4

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Tomlinson: Biden and Trump campaigns show need for reform

President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base on March 21 in Houston.  Former President Donald Trump talks with...

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Tomlinson: Hurricane season a warning for Texas economy

Rescue boats work along Tidwell at the east Sam Houston Tollway helping to evacuate people Monday after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. An apartment complex...

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Tomlinson: Board of Ed puts oil and gas firms ahead of kids

BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink. BlackRock made Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s list of oil industry boycotters, but other big financial...

26.03.2024 9

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Tomlinson: Why hydrogen, why now for clean energy

Panelists speaking during the “Balancing Act: Incentivizing decarbonization and renewables” session at CERAWeek by S&PGlobal on March 20 in...

22.03.2024 8

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Tomlinson: Big oil wants to blame it on the rain

Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods speaks during a session at CERAWeek by S&P Global on Monday at Hilton Americas-Houston in Houston. Wall...

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Tomlinson: Online extortion worsening, AI could expand it

The FBI reports a significant increase in the incidence of financially motivated sextortion. Poster for the documentary film, "My Sextortion Diary."...

15.03.2024 3

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Tomlinson: Experts want Ecstasy and shrooms legalized

Exhibitors display their goods at the Psychedelic Science conference in the Colorado Convention Center in Denver in June. A vendor bags psilocybin...

12.03.2024 5

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Tomlinson: Texans GOP voted for orthodoxy and oligarchy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, and Gov. Greg Abbott, right, talk during a swearing in ceremony on the first day of the 88th Texas...

08.03.2024 7

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Tomlinson: Crypto miners not sharing data, risking grid

A bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale. A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order pausing a Department of Energy effort to collect...

05.03.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Biden and Trump play political games on border

President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the Southern border on Thursday in Brownsville. Homeland...

01.03.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Big banks back down in climate fight after lawmakers' blacklisting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened in October to add eight more big banks to the list of those banned form doing business with the state,...

27.02.2024 7

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Tomlinson: Texas lawmakers target large 'climate-friendly' banks

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Comproller Gelnn Hegar to place BlackRock at the top of the list of financial companies that boycott the Texas oil and gas...

23.02.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Texas started a war against banks. It could cost taxpayers $22B.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. “We created this blacklist of companies we didn't feel were friendly towards fossil fuel,” he said. UBS, which bid for the...

21.02.2024 9

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Tomlinson: Texas is not a low-tax state

Gov. Greg Abbott, left, fields questions about property taxes from the media during a public safety bill signing ceremony in his press conference room...

16.02.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Border standoff is Abbott's Alamo

National Guard stand for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and fellow Governors as they hold a press conference along the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border to...

14.02.2024 6

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Tomlinson: SpaceX land swap reeks of crony capitalism

The 477 acres near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge – Bahia Grande Unit, shown in purple, could be given to the Texas Parks and Wildlife...

09.02.2024 10

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Tomlinson: $20 billion immigration deal is good for Texas and the economy

Community members of Eagle Pass gather outside of Shelby Park to protest its closing, the militarization of their community, the “take Back Our...

07.02.2024 5

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Tomlinson: Open border critical for Super Bowl parties

A long line of trucks stalled at the Zaragoza International Bridge, one of two ports of entry in Ciudad Juarez going into the U.S.on April 12, 2022....

02.02.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Big Oil cries wolf over natural gas exports

Construction of the Golden Pass LNG Terminal in June 2023, in Sabine Pass. The photo was taken from the Louisiana side of the Sabine River....

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Tomlinson: Texas Republicans deserve a vote in primary

 Nikki Haley, Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador, delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference...

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Tomlinson: EVs moving out of awkward preteen years

A Tesla Model Y vehicle. A Tesla charging at a Tesla charging station at Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q on I45 Gulf Freeway in Webster in June 2023....

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Tomlinson: Billionaires buying Texas politicians

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrives for a campaign stop on Oct. 24, 2022. Abbott heads into the current election with a considerable war chest for his...

19.01.2024 5

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Tomlinson: 3 lessons for the Texas grid from the freeze

Forrest Austin grabs a stack of firewood from the back of a truck as he and Mickey Taylor sell wood along FM 2920 on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in...

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Tomlinson: How the grid works and where there’s trouble

Icicles hang off the Texas 195 highway sign on Feb. 18, 2021, in Killeen after an arctic cold front swept through Texas. Arctic fronts are the most...

12.01.2024 5

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Tomlinson: GOP plan proposes secession and surrender

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 29, 2023.  Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the...

10.01.2024 4

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Tomlinson: 2024 offers hope in lowering housing costs

Lease prices jumped 16% year-over-year in June due to a steady stream of people moving to Texas and more people sitting out the housing market. Higher...

05.01.2024 9

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Tomlinson: Texas school shootings hurt local economies

A woman gets a smudged eagle feather waved over her shoulder as Woolsey Walking Sky during the cedar ceremony during the fifth year anniversary...

03.01.2024 8

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Tomlinson: Why I am dreading 2024 and how I plan to cope

Former President Donald Trump salutes during the pledge of allegiance as he makes a campaign stop on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Houston. WASHINGTON...

29.12.2023 9

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Tomlinson: Border crisis is humanitarian debacle

Immigrants wait to be processed at a U.S. Border Patrol transit center after they crossed the border from Mexico on Dec. 20 in Eagle Pass. A late-year...

27.12.2023 6

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Tomlinson: Talk about scams, wise investing over holiday

Scammers will spend weeks building trust and directing the victim to what looks like a legitimate website. After making a small amount of money...

22.12.2023 4

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Tomlinson: Climate decisions could cost Texas economy

An alligator spotted at Brazos Bend State Park. When you’re up to your neck in alligators, it’s hard to remember that your initial objective was...

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Tomlinson: Mark Cuban brings CVS to heel on drug prices

CVS announced Monday that its pharmacies would stop using secret formulas to determine retail prices and begin charging a simple markup from the...

08.12.2023 3

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Tomlinson: Big Oil promises methane cuts, opposes...

Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, during the Summit on Methane and Other Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases on day three of the...

07.12.2023 4

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Tomlinson: Big Oil strikes back at climate change talks

Big Oil is striking back at the U.N. climate conference this week in Dubai, fighting policies to slow global warming that would doom them to King...

01.12.2023 4

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Tomlinson: Don't worry about Texas grid blackouts

Power lines stretch across the horizon in Dallas on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, where amid widespread power losses, millions of Texans were advised to...

29.11.2023 2

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Tomlinson: Abbott preens for VP, Trump promises chaos

Former President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott while coming on stage after receiving Abbotts's endorsement for president...

29.11.2023 10

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Tomlinson: Will carbon capture save oil and gas industry?

The coal-burning power plants stand behind the Petra Nova Carbon Capture plant at NRG’s WA Parish power plant in Richmond. Officials at the...

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