In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants

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By Emily Foxhall, The Texas TribuneMar 31, 2024, 9:00 am396 ptsTop
This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and is the second of a three-part series on emerging energy sources and Texas’ role in developing them. In 2009, on a plot of shrub-covered cattle land about 45 miles northwest of McAllen, Shell buried and abandoned a well it drilled to look for gas.…

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