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...
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...
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...
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...
There has been a lot of talk about methane recently. And it is happening all over the planet. Last Tuesday, there was a plenary at COP29 on “Methane and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases.” But that is not what I want to write about today. I want to write about what’s...
Texans don’t have to agree on every abortion question to know that pregnant patients deserve the best care, and doctors deserve respect. Texas legislators should fix Texas’ abortion laws so they reflect our shared Texas values. Texas Impact has tools and resources to...
