by Joe Czap | Sep 28, 2021 | Legislative
Democrats in Congress are attempting to pass a $3.5 trillion economic plan that would allocate funds for climate initiatives, the expansion of the child tax credit, as well as the expansion of Medicare. Since the plan has already been approved by the U.S. House of...
by Joe Czap | Sep 14, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Government 101
Soon, the redistricting committees of the Texas Legislature will begin the process of redrawing Texas’ state and federal electoral district boundaries. The maps the Legislature ultimately approves will color state and national public policy decisions for the next...
by Joe Czap | Dec 5, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Welcome to Madrid Spain and COP25. Today is the fourth day and the theme for today is Young and Future Generations Day. Robin began her day at the United Kingdom Pavilion for a session on “Introducing the Climate Heritage Network and Madrid to Glasgow Arts, Culture,...
by Joe Czap | Dec 4, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Today we had the joy of participating in a small group from the faith community with George Marshall on the topic, “Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change,” his most recent book. George is a British environmental campaigner,...
by Joe Czap | Dec 4, 2019 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
Day 2 at COP25 began with a plenary session giving an overview of the theme of the day – EarthDay. This was a session very heavily influenced by scientific data. The first part was a presentation of the State of the Earth from the World Meteorological Organization. ...
