by Bee Moorhead | Jun 27, 2019 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Legislative
More than 16 million Texans, or almost 58 percent of the population, live in a county put under a disaster declaration after Hurricane Harvey. The more than 50 inches od rainfall that caused the flooding affected nearly 7 million people in the Houston metro area, or...
by Bee Moorhead | May 5, 2019 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy, Legislative
by Texas Impact Executive Director Bee Moorhead I spent the first week of May in our nation’s capitol, meeting with colleagues from around the country to advocate together for strong U.S. leadership on climate and disaster response. I was joined for part...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 18, 2019 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Legislative
Austin—A new report by the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Time & Treasure: Faith-Based Response to Hurricane Harvey, finds that faith-based organizations are playing a key role in the ongoing Hurricane Harvey recovery—and that state emergency...
