by Bee Moorhead | Dec 18, 2024 | Climate Justice, COP27, Creation Care, Faith Communities, Resources, Texas Climate & Energy
It’s hard for some communities to imagine that solar power could even be an option. But with these rebates and possibilities through the Inflation Reduction Act, there might be more opportunity here than they would expect. Rev. Garrett Vickrey Sr. Pastor,...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 18, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight
In Episode 5 of Faith in Democracy, Bee covers the nuts and bolts of providing legislative testimony, including how to register, what kind of information to include, and when to expect your bill to move forward (or...
by Scott Atnip | Dec 18, 2024 | Health, Weekly Witness
Last week, Diana Forester and her colleague Alec Mendoza joined us to talk about health policy in Texas. It is such a big topic, and so much of it is driven by federal policy, that we are joined again this week by Diana to continue the conversation about how actions...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 10, 2024 | Civic Engagement, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight
Episode 4 of Texas Impact’s new YouTube series Faith in Democracy walks viewers through the stages of a regular Texas legislative session, using the metaphor of a symphony to describe the flow of legislative activity. The Legislative Calendar tracks the...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 3, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts, Spotlight
Near the end of last year’s COP in Dubai, UAE, the African nations together wrote a letter to the COP presidency lamenting the lack of urgent language around transitioning away from fossil fuels in the final version of the Stocktake document. The letter said...
by Becca Edwards | Dec 2, 2024 | Climate Justice, Latest Posts
Two major concerns for what seemed like everybody at this year’s COP were what the US would be willing to pledge towards the new climate finance goal and what the US could reasonably promise with regard to climate action given the upcoming change in presidential...
