In Texas, which leads the nation in wind and solar, renewables have suddenly become “a four-letter word,” as Republican lawmakers are trying to slam the brakes on clean energy. Good stuff from Jennifer Hiller Katherine Blunt Phred Dvorak wsj.com/articles/texas…

It is time for ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩ to come home and back to the WSJ newsroom. The U.S. government must act. And the Russian government must release him. #IStandWithEvan

Algeria closes in on big gas-drilling deals with Exxon, Chevron, eyeing gas-thirsty Europe, Matthew Dalton reports: The country's vast gas reserves make it attractive to the U.S. drillers that have piles of cash to spend wsj.com/articles/exxon… via The Wall Street Journal

Horrifying. wsj.com/articles/insta…

In The Wall Street Journal London offices, we gathered today to mark 12 weeks of injustice - 12 weeks of our colleague Evan being locked up in Russia. Thank you for remembering and speaking of him and journalists wrongly imprisoned for doing their jobs. It matters. #IStandwithEvan

Guyana for now is cool to OPEC approach, with energy minister saying the priority is to "get as much of these resources out of the ground as quickly as possible" Scoop from Collin Eaton Kejal પ્રવીણ Vyas benoit faucon wsj.com/articles/opec-…

Maybe the weirdest story you’ll read today. Fun read and impressive digging from Katherine Blunt

HEAVY METAL: An 18-month The Wall Street Journal investigation reveals a hidden source of lead contamination around the U.S. Shalini Ramachandran John West Coulter Jones Thomas Gryta and Susan Pulliam wsj.com/articles/lead-… via The Wall Street Journal

"Fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth..." Climate activists are making life uncomfortable for Big Oil. They are also making independent driller Jeffery Hildebrand very, very rich. Benoît Morenne wsj.com/articles/wealt… via The Wall Street Journal

“They will see what I can do,” MBS said, referring to Saudi's longtime ally, the UAE. Terrific story about the brewing rivalry in the Gulf between Saudi's crown prince and his former mentor. From Summer Said Dion Nissenbaum Stephen Kalin wsj.com/articles/frene…

The final resolution/fallout from 2018 reporting - with Kate O'Keeffe/Chris Kirkham/Elizabeth Bernstein/ Jennifer Forsyth/Brad Reagan /Ethan Smith /michael siconolfi

The aviation industry is rebounding from its pandemic-era hibernation at such a chaotic pace that workplace injuries are rising among the army of ground staff who refuel planes, handle baggage and help move aircraft around the tarmac. wsj.com/articles/airpo… via The Wall Street Journal Benjamin Katz

No one is smarter on wildfires and utilities than Katherine Blunt. Smart reporting here on the tragic Maui fires, with the terrific jim carlton and Dan Frosch wsj.com/us-news/wildfi…

Fake beards, gold bars and bags of cash: Wagner's Prigozhin spent his days on the run trying to shore up his mercenary business.benoit faucon ⁦drew hinshaw⁩ ⁦Joe Parkinson⁩ ⁦Nicholas Bariyo⁩ wsj.com/world/russia/p…

Cool to see Benjamin Katz recognized so quickly for this terrific piece last month about safety issues among airport ground workers. Thanks Sidney Hillman Foundation !

Great column from @JasonGay about the tribute to Evan Gershkovich at his old high school. Evan has been in Russian custody six months today. Bring him home. wsj.com/sports/soccer/…

“We have a lot of things that can go ‘boom’ in this town.” A remarkable story of brotherhood, family and an explosion at one of America's many aging refineries, from jenny strasburg wsj.com/business/energ…

This is a great read from Jeff Horwitz . So is the book. wsj.com/tech/instagram…

The awesome first-reviews are in for Jeff Horwitz "It’s hard to imagine a sharper last-act twist. The finding supercharges the pathos of the entire book: Every damning episode it describes is now both moral tragedy and strategic farce." nytimes.com/2023/11/11/boo…