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On Tuesday’s show: State regulators have approved a request from CenterPoint Energy to bill taxpayers $2.9 billion to strengthen the Houston-area power grid against extreme weather. We learn details of the company’s "resiliency plan" from Claire Hao of the Houston Chronicle. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

Also this hour: Beyond extreme weather, flooding, or climate change, the next big environmental challenge facing Texas might actually be under our feet. We learn why some of Houston's boomi

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