by Bobby Watson | Mar 8, 2022 | Climate Justice, Health, Latest Posts
Registered nurse Cara Cook, Program Director for the National Association of Nurses for Healthy Environments, explains how climate change is hurting human health—and jeopardizing our health care infrastructure just when we need it most. Recorded at the 35th Annual...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 28, 2022 | Health, Latest Posts
National infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in a frank, informal lunchtime conversation with Texas United Methodist Women about where Texas and the U.S. stand...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 19, 2022 | Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Health, PUC Primer, Resources, Texas Climate & Energy
Light and Life: Using the Public Utility Commission of Texas Sunset Review to Safeguard Texans’ Health and Wellbeing a primer by Texas Impact sponsored by Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. OVERVIEW When Texans think about health and health...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 7, 2022 | Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Health, Texas Climate & Energy
Cyrus Reed, Ph.D. Conservation Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, explains the connections between climate change; the failure of the Texas electric grid during Winter Storm Uri; and the upcoming sunset review of the Public Utility Commission of...
by Isa Peterson | Jan 12, 2022 | Climate Justice, Health, Latest Posts, Texas Climate & Energy
In February 2021, the Texas electric grid experienced one of its biggest reliability challenges from the impact of Winter Storm Uri. This storm left millions of Texans without power and water for several days, imposing physical, emotional, and financial trauma on the...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 17, 2021 | Economic Justice
Congressional budget committees have concluded their summer work, and are recommending a package of budget measures that would improve conditions for families and communities across the country. Soon, the House will vote on the package, which is called...
