AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants have left behind a sprawling network of cables covered in toxic lead under the water, in the soil and on poles overhead, a WSJ investigation found. As the lead degrades, it’s ending up in places where Americans live, work and play. The companies have known about the cables for decades, according to documents and interviews with former employees, but they haven’t meaningfully acted on potential health risks to surrounding communities.
In recent years, renewable energy has been ramping up across Texas. The state has rapidly increased solar capacity, for instance, enabling as much as 16,800 megawatts of solar power to be produced on the grid as of the end of May. That’s roughly six times the capacity that existed in 2019 (about 2,600 megawatts), according to data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s grid operator.
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