by Becca Edwards | May 29, 2024 | Latest Posts
The story in southeast Texas, including the Houston metro area, has been flooding and wind. The first flood event happened in East Texas in the end of April, when some locations like Jasper County reported rain rates greater than six inches per hour leading to large...
by Becca Edwards | May 24, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
A global sea surface temperature anomaly plot showing cooler than average sea surface temperatures in the eastern Equatorial Pacific, indicating the beginning of the cool phase of the ENSO climate oscillation, also called "La Niña". In the US we often hear the...
by Becca Edwards | May 17, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
Severe thunderstorms slammed into Houston Thursday evening bringing winds upwards of hurricane force over a large section of densely populated Harris County. The storms knocked down trees and crumpled electrical utility towers, knocking out power for 40% of residents....
by Becca Edwards | May 9, 2024 | Latest Posts
Texas Impact staff visited Washington DC this week to attend the national gathering of the Interfaith Power and Light network. Texas Impact is the Texas affiliate of Interfaith Power and Light, whose mission is to educate, inform, and empower people of faith on the...
by Becca Edwards | Apr 24, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
As I write this the General Conference of the United Methodist Church is underway in Charlotte, North Carolina. General Conference is the gathering of United Methodist delegates and episcopal leadership from around the world. The gathering normally takes place every...
