Since 1954
A federal program helps people in poverty cover the costs of heat and cooling. But advocates say it disadvantages states like Texas, even though extreme heat is a key cause of weather-related deaths.
Experts warn that increasingly high temperatures are "a clear consequence of the warming of the climate system."
TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide more air conditioning. In the meantime, people are sweltering in their beds.
Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.
Heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply millions of people.
Loneliness can be deadly amid worsening climate change.
More than a third of the country faced some kind of heat advisory over the weekend.
Solar and wind input is setting records, but the state’s inefficient grid is unable to handle the full load it could deliver in the ongoing heat wave.
Prolonged triple-digit temperatures also dramatically increased 911 calls for heat-related illness.
During the hottest part of the year, up to 13 percent of deaths at Texas prisons without air conditioning were due to extreme temperatures according to a new report.