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Kate Galbraith

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Kate Galbraith covered energy and environment for the Tribune from 2010 to 2013. Previously she reported on clean energy for The New York Times from 2008 to 2009, serving as the lead writer for the Times' Green blog. She began her career at The Economist in 2000 and spent 2005 to 2007 in Austin as the magazine's Southwest correspondent. A Nieman fellow in journalism at Harvard University from 2007 to 2008, she has an undergraduate degree in English from Harvard and a master's degree from the London School of Economics. She is co-author of “The Great Texas Wind Rush,” a book about how the oil and gas state won the race to wind power.

Past Contributions

  • The Off Switch

    By Kate Galbraith

    Rather than building new power plants just to meet peak electricity demand on hot summer afternoons, why not just persuade people and companies to use less electricity? "Demand response" is quickly taking hold in Texas. Full Story 

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    Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller

  • TribBlog: Pickens Updates Plan

    By Kate Galbraith

    T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas oilman, updated the presentation today for his Pickens Plan to get the country off of foreign oil. He focuses almost entirely on natural gas, and makes no mention of the wind power he also peddled two years ago. Full Story 

    Legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens says operators are to blame for plunging oil prices.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune

  • Alternating Current

    By Kate Galbraith

    Since 1999, when then-Gov. George Bush signed a law that deregulated the Texas electricity market, a debate has raged about whether and how much the move has benefitted ordinary Texans. Who's right? Full Story 

    Sunrise after a night of thunderstorms on June 19, 2010, in Alpine, Texas.
    Credit: Spencer Selvidge

  • Josh Fox: The TT Interview

    By Kate Galbraith

    Josh Fox's movie "Gasland," which premiered on HBO last week, uncovers widespread concerns about water contamination associated with a new form of natural gas drilling known as fracking. Fox talks about how devastating it felt to drive around Fort Worth (home to the Barnett Shale), how refreshing it was to come across west Texas wind farms, and how federal regulators are tightening up. Full Story 

    Josh Fox, creator of "Gasland," stands in a Wyoming gas field.
    Credit: Courtesy of HBO