This week, Scott was joined by Rev. Mel Caraway, a retired United Methodist pastor and long-time Texas Impact Board Member. Mel is a leader in the faith-based climate advocacy space at the denominational level and international level as a long-time COP attendee. Rev....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
