Today’s EPA is expanding its regulation of economic activity at all levels and supplanting long-held state authorities with breathtaking speed. Texas is setting a roadmap for how other state can combat the federal EPA to preserve state sovereignty and economic growth, as Kathleen White and Mario Loyola explain in the lead story in the new issue of Inside Alec.
Energy & Environment
The sun is stronger than our electric grid — and we are defenseless against it
The Carrington Event literally shocked telegraph operators. A repeat could shock an entire civilization into the pre-industrial age. Imagine being a telegraph operator in September 1859. You’re sitting at your station, using cutting-edge technology to tap out messages hundreds and thousands of miles away. Suddenly, brilliant auroras light up the night sky from the tropics...
February 9, 2026