by Scott Atnip | Aug 1, 2025 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Legislative, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
The Texas Legislature is nearing the end of the second week of the special session, but in this episode, we want to focus on the Thursday July 31 hearing in Kerrville, TX that focused on the July 4 flooding in Central Texas. Our listeners will remember seeing the...
by Scott Atnip | Jul 11, 2025 | Climate Justice, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week’s episode is another installment of our legislative wrap-up series as we welcome Adrian Shelley, Texas Director of Public Citizen to talk about the wins and the continued work we need to do on climate and energy policy. We recorded in mid-June, and a...
by Scott Atnip | Mar 28, 2025 | Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week we are recording from the Capitol on a day when many of Texas Impact’s priority bills are being heard or voted on. So, we sat down with a few friends and colleagues who are testifying in the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce on SB 819, a regulatory...
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 Scott Atnip | Nov 20, 2024 | Climate Justice, Global Climate Policy, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week we turn our attention to the other side of the globe as we welcome Texas Impact’s Climate Action Fellow, Rev. Dr. Becca Edwards to the program. Becca recently returned from the 29th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP), the global climate negotiations held...
by Scott Atnip | Sep 23, 2024 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
This week we are talking weather and climate from an interesting perspective as we welcome two former colleagues of our very own Dr. Becca Edwards. With us are Dr. Ian Giammanco who serves as Director of Standards and Data Analytics and Lead Research Meteorologist at...
