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New podcast launches to shine light on changing energy landscape in Texas

The podcast, called Phases and Stages: The Texas Energy Story , will be hosted by Andy Uhler, who will visit a different Texas location every month to analyze the evolving energy landscape of the state. Photo via Getty Images

The University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute is premiering a Texas-focused energy transition podcast next month.

The podcast, called Phases and Stages: The Texas Energy Story — a nod to Willie Nelson's 17th studio album, is an hour-long, story-format podcast hosted by Andy Uhler, an Austin-based journalism fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy & University of Texas Energy Institute and former KUT Radio reporter.

In the first season, which premieres Wednesday, September 25, Uhler will visit a different Texas location every month to analyze the evolving energy landscape of the state.

"Today, Texas leads the nation in combined wind and solar production and will soon be home to a Gulf Coast hub promising to expand the clean hydrogen industry," reads UT's website. "New energy ventures are proliferating across the state as entrepreneurs seize the opportunity to leverage Texas’ energy infrastructure and expertise to bring promising new innovations to market. Even oil and gas companies are expanding into nontraditional sectors, as advanced technologies open up new possibilities."

UT estimates that nearly 1.4 million Texans are directly or indirectly supported by the oil and gas sector. The podcast sets out to examine questions about how new energy expansion in the Lone Star State will effect the lives of Texans, as well as how the local economies and job markets are expected to evolve.

"Traveling the state to gather first-hand accounts beyond the oil rig and the boardroom, award-winning public radio correspondent Andy Uhler speaks with farmers, school teachers, community members, and everyone in between to get a sense of what the energy transition means for Texans and their communities," the website continues.

The UT Energy Institute will host a launch event for Phases and Stages with Uhler on Wednesday, September 25, 5 to 7 pm, to celebrate the show's series premiere as part of EnergizeUT.

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Lawson Gow, founder of The Cannon, will lead Greentown Houston. Photo courtesy Greentown Labs.

Greentown Labs has named Lawson Gow as its Head of Houston.

Gow is the founder of The Cannon, a coworking space with seven locations in the Houston area, with additional partner spaces. He also recently served as managing partner at Houston-based investment and advisory firm Helium Capital. Gow is the son of David Gow, founder of Energy Capital's parent company, Gow Media.

According to Greentown, Gow will "enhance the founder experience, cultivate strategic partnerships, and accelerate climatetech solutions" in his new role.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join Greentown at this critical moment for the energy transition,” Gow said in a news release. “Greentown has a fantastic track record of supporting entrepreneurs in Houston, Boston, and beyond, and I am eager to keep advancing our mission in the energy transition capital of the world.”

Gow has also held analyst, strategy and advising roles since graduating from Rice University.

“We are thrilled to welcome Lawson to our leadership team,” Georgina Campbell Flatter, CEO of Greentown Labs, added in the release. “Lawson has spent his career building community and championing entrepreneurs, and we look forward to him deepening Greentown’s support of climate and energy startups as our Head of Houston.”

Gow is the latest addition to a series of new hires at Greentown Labs following a leadership shakeup.

Flatter was named as the organization's new CEO in February, replacing Kevin Dutt, Greentown’s interim CEO, who replaced Kevin Knobloch after he announced that he would step down in July 2024 after less than a year in the role.

Greentown also named Naheed Malik its new CFO in January.

Timmeko Moore Love was named the first Houston general manager and senior vice president of Greentown Labs. According to LinkedIn, she left the role in January.

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