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  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Energy Source
    Hurricane Beryl exposes a fragile grid in America’s energy capital Premium content

    Almost a quarter of a million households are still without power in Houston

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    The Texan city has become a hub for green energy innovation by building on its hydrocarbon past

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    Japanese companies place US bets on Texas

    Concern over belligerence from China has refocused attention on the importance of the US market

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    Last month saw a surge in big cases

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  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
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    Plus, Houston emerges as the US’s unexpected new bankruptcy court capital, and Didi looks for a second chance in Hong Kong

  • Friday, 24 September, 2021
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    Gary Tinterow, director of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, on the pioneering spirit of America’s third-largest city

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  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
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    Victory for Harris County clerk is rare win in state accused of suppressing turnout

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
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    Your latest energy news: BP’s Bernard Looney and Bob Dudley diverge, a leading climate-tech incubator goes to Houston, and your earnings round up

  • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
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    US orders China to close its Houston consulate

    Beijing threatens retaliation over move it says violates international law

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Coronavirus: US cases rise by more than 50,000 again — as it happened
    People wait in line at a walk-up testing site for COVID-19 during the new coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
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    Houston doctors sound alarm as Texas leads new US virus wave

    Hospital contingency plans tested by upsurge in cases following easing of lockdown

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
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    The US cities have similar economies and demographics, with large populations of older people and Hispanics

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
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    Houston, you have a problem: climate change

    City must accept its role in emissions and seek better way to do business

    A gas flare is seen in a field at dusk near Mentone, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Natural gas futures headed for the longest streak of declines in more than seven years as U.S. shale production outruns demand and inflates stockpiles. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
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    Houston hit by flooding 2 years after Hurricane Harvey
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    Shipping
    Green protesters block busy Houston oil port
    Greenpeace USA climbers form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge, shutting down the Houston Ship Channel, the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States, ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby Houston, near Baytown, Texas, U.S. September 12, 2019. ©Anonymous/Greenpeace USA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
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    Exchange giants take their rivalry to Texas as shale oil booms

    Battle of the contracts reflects Houston’s growing status as an energy trading hotspot

    The Eagle Ford crude oil tanker sails out of the NuStar Energy dock at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Crude oil slid Thursday to the lowest level since December 2003 as turbulence in China, the worlds biggest energy consumer, prompted concerns about the strength of demand. Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 21 May, 2018
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    American politics: The ‘herbal tea party’ stirs up Democrats

    As it prepares for midterms, the party faces a schism between its establishment and its left flank

  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
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    Opec says hedge funds lack ‘basic understanding’ of oil

    Cartel’s Mohammad Barkindo urges more focus on market fundamentals

    Mohammed Barkindo, secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), listens during the 2018 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Monday, March 5, 2018. CERAWeek gathers energy industry leaders, experts, government officials and policymakers, leaders from the technology, financial, and industrial communities to provide new insights and critically-important dialogue on energy markets. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg
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