TLDR: Requiring asylum seekers to make an appointment from their country of origin to seek asylum contradicts the very essence of asylum laws. The Administration’s new “parole” program flies in the face of human rights. Asylum protections are...
This week, as millions of Texans prepare to celebrate the birth of a healthy baby to an unwed teen mother of color, the Texas Department of State Health Services finally released their 2022 biennial report from the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review...
We arrived in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for this year’s United Nations climate negotiations after two days of travel, and we were immediately in the midst of global community: friends from around the world, diplomats and policy experts, and the people of the local...
The unreliable electric grid threatens Texans; having once again, been asked to conserve power. Last Friday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) requested that consumers “conserve power when they can by setting their thermostats to 78-degrees or above...
New announcements out of D.C. have signaled good news for environmental advocates. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, of the Justice Department (DOJ), alongside the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Regan, launched several new actions...
Texas has long been a leader in the energy sector, producing the most electricity in the U.S. and leading the nation in wind-powered generation. A recent report from the University of Texas at Austin, “Don’t Mess with Texas: Getting the Lone Star State to Net-Zero by...
