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Ep. 417 Meanwhile in Washington: Looming Federal Medicaid Cuts

Ep. 417 Meanwhile in Washington: Looming Federal Medicaid Cuts

Last week, Diana Forester and her colleague Alec Mendoza joined us to talk about health policy in Texas. It is such a big topic, and so much of it is driven by federal policy, that we are joined again this week by Diana to continue the conversation about how actions...
Developed nations to world: We will build bigger barns

Developed nations to world: We will build bigger barns

 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...
Biden Administration Announces Amazon Climate Finance Initiatives

Biden Administration Announces Amazon Climate Finance Initiatives

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...
Ep. 415 COP and Go: Updates from the Global Climate Summit

Ep. 415 COP and Go: Updates from the Global Climate Summit

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...
Mel Caraway: Methane Updates from Texas and Outer Space

Mel Caraway: Methane Updates from Texas and Outer Space

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...