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Electricity costs have risen 5.5% in the past year, nearly double the national inflation rate. And they are projected to continue to climb. According to a new study, one driver of higher power bills is how the public is subsidizing the energy bills of some of the largest Tech companies in the world. Meanwhile cheap renewable energy (like solar and wind) is being outlawed by the Trump administration.

After years of testing, the airport has installed five turbines that capture jet wind exhaust and covert it to electricity. It's in partnership with the tech startup Jet Wind Corporation.

President Trump signed an executive order temporarily stopping approvals for new wind projects.

Earlier this year, the White House called for 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.

The region in southwestern Texas has been an election-year battleground in the national fights over conservation, energy efficiency, and water use. It also recently saw a firestorm over an issue that echoes presidential election-year rhetoric: potential Chinese threats to national security.

With at least 12,750 turbines, the state of Texas ranks first in the U.S. for installed wind capacity, measured at over 23,200 MW in 2017.Electricity from…

On This episode of "Texas Matters":The Texas population boom.The shrinking White population (9:00).Wind power is clean, cheap and under attack…

From Texas Standard . Global warming and climate change are two oft-used phrases in the conversation about energy production. Much of the time,...

What happens to workers when an industry collapses or a new technology takes off? NPR brings you stories of people adapting to a changing economy. This week: a former cowboy in the wind industry.

What does a wind turbine job entail, and where can you get training? We discuss with Daniel Lutat of Iowa Lakes Community College.