Texas-based Fox Tank Company opens local manufacturing facility

The Coshocton facility will manufacture a new pipeline cleaning device. COSHOCTON − A company that originally came to the area for an auction has opened the doors to a new manufacturing plant. In June, Fox Tank, a Texas-based company, announced it...

‘Radioactive’ shrimp crisis: Indonesia grapples with contaminated industrial zone

A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce found traces of the hazardous isotope Caesium-137 at 22 production facilities at the site, which includes...

From Houston to the ‘other Cambridge,’ rising biotech hubs want to steal Boston’s bacon

With the Trump administration threatening key ingredients of Boston’s recipe for biotech success — including federal grants and visas for international students and workers — could some other place rise to become the next Boston? Probably not, is...

Texan firm’s equipment to help tie in additional wells at US field

Houston-based subsea energy equipment and services specialist KOIL Energy Solutions has secured a contract to deliver subsea distribution equipment for a project in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico), operated by an “international...

OU-Texas 2025: Plan a weekend in Dallas with updated guides for state fair, dining, watch parties

The Red River Rivalry will bring the Sooners and Longhorns together again at the Cotton Bowl Stadium this weekend, but there is more to do in Dallas than cheer from the stands. Whether you’re planning a full weekend getaway or just heading down...

ODOT warns of OU-Texas fan traffic on I-35

The already busy road between Oklahoma and Texas will get even busier this weekend as OU fans drive down to Dallas for the OU-Texas game at the Cotton Bowl. The 215-mile trip from the OU campus in Norman to the Texas State Fair Park in Dallas...

Wise Austin Expansion 2025: Maverick Rooms & Texas Flair Fuel Fintech Growth

Wise, the global fintech leader moving ~$194 billion annually, is tripling its North American hub to 90,000 square feet in Austin’s Domain Tower II. Signalling a bold bet on the city’s tech ascendancy. In a follow-up with Balazs Barna, Head of...

East Texas State Fair economic impact report

Posted/updated on: October 9, 2025 at 5:24 am SMITH COUNTY — Michael Stoltz, Chairman of the East Texas State Fair Board, gave the Commissioners Court an estimated economic impact the nearly two-week event had on the area. For the second year at...

Nearly 50-year-old law hamstrings nuclear energy in California 

Nuclear energy has been stymied by Californian law for nearly five decades, hurting the state’s ability to hit its own climate goals and meet growing demand for electricity.The construction of nuclear energy projects, such as power plants, has...

Some Texas community colleges remove course materials amid broader push to limit gender identity discussions

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Some Texas community colleges have ordered thorough course reviews and put restrictions on what faculty can teach, with at...

A North Texas community will vote to form a city in an effort to quiet down a crypto mine

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. HOOD COUNTY — Danny Lakey and his wife have spent countless evenings sitting on rocking chairs on their front porch,...

South Texas students have a new chance to taste the race for space

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. BROWNSVILLE — Every few months, thousands of people gather on nearby...

Leaked list shows Trump administration considering $15 billion in additional clean energy cuts

Days after the Trump administration made headlines for canceling nearly $8 billion in clean energy projects across 16 blue states, the Department of Energy is considering terminating an additional 300 projects totaling more than $15.8 billion,...

Carnelian Energy Capital Closes Canada-Focused Fund at $600 Million Hard Cap in Oversubscribed, Single Closing

HOUSTON, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Carnelian Energy Capital Management, L.P. (Carnelian) today announced the oversubscribed, single closing of Carnelian Acquisition and Development, L.P. (CAD), at the fund’s hard cap of $600 million in...

KOIL Energy to Supply Subsea Equipment for Gulf of America Project

Oct 9, 2025 (Credit: KOIL Energy) U.S subsea equipment and services provider for oil and gas sector KOIL Energy has secured a contract to deliver subsea distribution equipment for a project in the Gulf of America. As part of the contract, KOIL...

DOE revives Savannah River Site plutonium production for nuclear warheads

The Department of Energy is accelerating construction of the new facility, aiming to produce 50 plutonium pits annually by 2030. While production ramps up, concerns remain about existing radioactive waste and the diversion of funds from cleanup...

Geothermal energy gains ground globally as clean power source

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. As energy use...

Real Estate & Construction briefs page: Oct. 9

Industry employment down year over year in Washington Between August 2024 and August 2025, 28 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs, 19 states shed jobs — including 11,100 jobs lost in Washington state — and employment...

Texas Broadcaster Faces BMI Suit For Alleged Copyright Infringement.

Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust,” George Thorogood’s “Bad To The Bone,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” and Merle Haggard’s “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink” may not have much in common. But they are all songs that Broadcast...

<![CDATA[New Texas Emergency Rules Take Effect: State Bans Consumable Hemp Sales to Under 21]]>

In a recent press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) disclosed the implementation of emergency rules (Rule §300.701 and Rule §300.702) which mandated that licensed and registered consumable hemp product businesses would...