
Mose Buchele
Mose Buchele is the Austin-based broadcast reporter for KUT's NPR partnership StateImpact Texas . He has been on staff at KUT 90.5 since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds masters degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin.
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Continuing drought means Texas rice farmers will not receive water from the Lower Colorado River Authority in 2023.
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The blackout continues to haunt those who experienced it.
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Experts worry that trimming damaged trees may cause oak wilt to proliferate.
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Live oaks and Ashe Junipers appeared to be especially hard hit by the ice. One reason is that they don't lose their leaves, providing more surface area on which ice can accumulate.
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Ice-laden trees have been blamed for widespread power outages in Austin, Texas, this week. More than a hundred thousand households lost power for days.
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Ice and other problems along the local energy system are leaving thousands without power — but the grid probably isn't to blame.
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The plan would raise prices and carbon dioxide emissions, and critics say it may not bring reliability.
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ERCOT says that, as a division of state government, it has sovereign immunity. Plaintiffs point out that it is also an independent nonprofit, a fact the grid operator sometimes uses to its advantage.
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Texas bird enthusiasts are reporting fewer birds even at their backyard feeders. It mirrors a trend of bird decline across the globe.
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After Austin police busted a cockfighting ring, the city's no-kill animal shelter took in the birds. Now it needs to find them homes.