The emissions-control devices contain precious metals more valuable than gold By Sarah Bahari, The Dallas Morning News •
Published March 8, 2021 •
Updated on March 8, 2021 at 4:11 pm
The Dallas Morning News
Talesa Alexander started her Ford Explorer one February morning and knew immediately something was wrong.
Her usually quiet car roared so loudly she thought her entire apartment complex must have heard it. When she hit the gas pedal, it grew even louder.
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Alexander took her car to the shop and discovered she was right. Overnight, a thief had swiped the car s catalytic converter from the parking lot of her Valley Ranch apartment in Irving.
Oil and gas interests left to self-regulate in aftermath of winter storm
ERIN DOUGLAS, The Texas Tribune
March 5, 2021
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After being battered by withering criticism of its management of the power grid during last month’s winter storm, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas saw several of its board members resign and fired its CEO. The chair of the Public Utility Commission, which oversees the grid operator, was forced to resign.
The political fallout from the long-lasting Texas power outages have hit both entities hard after Gov. Greg Abbott blamed ERCOT’s leadership for the near-collapse of the electric grid and made its reform a legislative priority, and state lawmakers hammered the PUC for what they called a failure of oversight.
Tuesday’s announcement that restaurants can soon return to full capacity and masks will no longer be required, was met with mixed emotions at a popular Irving.