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Nature 446, 362-363 (22 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446362a; Published online 21 March 2007

There goes Texas

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A big deal in a big, conservative American state shows that energy utilities can no longer ignore CO2 emissions. Emma Marris reports.

The state of Texas has sometimes chafed at being a mere state, and not a country unto itself. It likes to do things its own way.