The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and the history of seat belts shows that mandates make a difference.

Recent freezing weather in Texas likely means monarch butterfly numbers will drop again this year.

There will be more weather-driven disasters like February's deep freeze in Texas, and energy planners aren't prepared.

Some Texans are receiving eye-popping electric bills after power providers passed on volatile costs to some of their customers – legally.

The Texas electric power market is designed to give energy companies incentive to sell electricity at the lowest possible cost. That focus helps explain why it collapsed during a historic cold wave.

Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate change is likely to make these events more common.

A team of researchers predicted in April that COVID-19 would hospitalize construction workers. New findings show they were right.