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Reflections on the negotiations, the people, and the issues, by Texas Impact staff and friends.

New for COP25: Video Dispatches

In partnership with the Austin Chronicle, Texas Impact is producing daily video dispatches from the COP. The videos cover a range of topics, focusing especially on issues of interest to Texas.

Texas Impact Climate Action Team

Have you ever wondered why last summer was so much hotter than the summers you remember as a child? Have you tried to strike up a conversation about PUC rulemaking with your hairdresser/mechanic/neighbor but been disappointed they didn’t want to talk about it as much...

Ep. 338 Texas and Climate: One Step Forward, One Step Back

This week we are talking about all things environment with friend of the program Luke Metzger, Executive Director of Environment Texas. Luke joins us to share the good news from the November elections related to the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund…

New Tax Incentive Law Brings Up Environmental Justice Concerns

Texas Tribune recently reported that several petrochemical companies who are beneficiaries of a tax incentive program designed to lure industry to the state are also frequent violators of state and federal air quality regulations. The article refers to a report by the...

Ep. 337 Point of Clarification: Rule-making on Texas’ Abortion Ban

This week, we welcome Texas Impact’s Executive Director, Bee Moorhead, for an important and timely conversation about reproductive health. The Texas Medical Board is meeting Thursday, March 21st, and Texas Impact is promoting a sign on letter to ask…

TCEQ Releases Climate Emissions Inventory, Mitigation Plan

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently released its Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Priority Action Plan for the State of Texas (PAP). The plan was developed as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants...

Vidas Robadas Memorializes Harris County Victims

Earlier this month, Bering Church became the first congregation in Houston to participate in Texas Impact’s gun violence prevention campaign, Vidas Robadas/Stolen Lives. Bering Church, headed by Rev Diane McGehee, is a long-time Texas Impact member with a history in...

Ep.336 2024 Texas Primary Election Wrap-Up

This week we are wrapping up the primary elections with Texas Impact’s Advocacy Director Joshua Houston. We want to thank everyone who voted, organized your friends and congregations, volunteered for a campaign, or helped work the election….

March 5: Where Do We Go From Here?

For ten years, the Texas Legislature has been a divided body. The extreme wing of the Republican Party controlled the Senate and the traditional wing of the Republican Party controlled the House. That ended on Tuesday. A House Speaker’s job is to “protect the...

Tell the Texas Medical Board: No Guessing Games on Emergency Abortions

Next Texas Medical Board Meeting: March 21-22, 2024 Courts, doctors, and patients all are asking the Texas Medical Board to clarify  when a threat to the life of the mother creates an exception to Texas laws that ban abortions.The TMB has both the authority and the...

Reproductive Health Policy

Reproductive Health Policy   Texas has a long history of short-changing women's health, especially for women of color and low-income women. Recent extreme bans on abortion have created an environment of fear and anxiety that is impacting all of women's...

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Worship Resources

Prayers, litanies, sermon starters, reflections, and a bulletin insert prepared by US faith leaders at the COP