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Legislation would reduce $12 billion federal software bill

Bill would avoid duplicative federal software by preventing federal agencies from hiring contractors to reproduce code that another agency has already purchased

Miles Smith

Proposed plan would add 5 states, millions of acres to solar energy strategy

Updated plan necessary to make permitting faster, easier in priority areas and to improve the process by which right of way is secured for utility-scale projects

Paul Stinson

Houston-area city will use AI to improve safety, traffic flow at intersections

System fuses radar, video and vision AI technologies to identify and track vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles as they enter intersections

Adam Rollins

Rice University receives $12.5 million to develop decarbonization technology

Funds establish a five-year technology collaboration to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop lower carbon solutions

Adam Rollins

Water board seeks feedback on $1 billion Texas Water Fund

TWDB is seeking feedback on how to best allocate the fund’s $1 billion and will gather input through three surveys

Karn Dhingra

Conservation, clean energy projects at federal facilities get $104 million boost

Projects are expected to double the amount of current on-site carbon-free electricity at federal facilities

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Pentagon to get rooftop solar panels as part of federal energy-conservation push

Department of Energy this week announced $104 million for net-zero projects at 31 federal facilities

Miles Smith

EPA formally proposes plan to charge fee for methane emissions

Final rule will take effect 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register

Amy Denney

Bulk of BEAD program funds for high-speed internet may not be released until 2025

National Telecommunications and Information Administration overseeing distribution of $42.45 billion to deliver high-speed internet to all communities in the U.S.

Strategic Partnerships

Texas receives $80 million to plug orphaned oil, gas wells

State is first of 26 slated to receive total of $660 million to clean up legacy pollution

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