by Becca Edwards | Sep 17, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
On the morning of September 16, a vehicle drove through a Walmart parking lot near the communities of Deerpark, La Porte, and Pasadena, Texas, broke through a fence, and crashed into above ground valve equipment for an underground liquified natural gas pipeline. The...
by Becca Edwards | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Latest Posts
In a recent article on Climate Connections, meteorologist Jeff Masters stated plainly what is at stake for the housing market if we fail to prepare for climate change impacts in the United States: “In the U.S., the most likely major economic disruption from climate...
by Becca Edwards | Aug 30, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
Yesterday the Public Utility Commission announced the selection of the project proposals which will receive funding from the Texas Energy Fund. The Texas Energy Fund is public money set aside by SB2627 for the Public Utility Commission to issue loans to support...
by Becca Edwards | Aug 16, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
A lawsuit filed by a cohort of Texas prison-rights advocates against the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice accuses the department of creating inhumane conditions inside Texas prisons by failing to air condition the facilities. The lawsuit...
by Becca Edwards | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog, Climate Justice, Latest Posts
I am taking a break this week from talking about the Gulf of Mexico to spend a few minutes talking about my summer family travel to another gulf, the Gulf of Maine. Like the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Maine is experiencing rapid environmental change driven by climate...
