As climate change brings about hotter temperatures in Texas, water supply could be threatened as early as 2050, according to a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor. Using climate models, the team of researchers found that drier summers as...
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back to archiveAl Gore visits Texas to register new voters and rally them against climate change
Former vice president Al Gore visited Houston on Wednesday to kick-off a tour in battleground states where he plans to boost voter turnout and rally people against the ongoing climate crisis. “Democracy has never been more at risk in the modern history of the U.S....
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to slap sanctions on polluting foreign corporations
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced legislation this week that would allow Washington to impose financial sanctions on foreign businesses that contribute significantly to climate change. “Climate change is an urgent global crisis that demands a strong...
Trump ends EPA rules set in place after West, Texas explosion
Following a massive chemical explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people in 2013, the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency introduced a series of safety regulations meant to reduce the risk of such disasters. Last week, the EPA announced those rules were being...
California is burning. Without action on climate change, Texas could be next.
An 11-day wildfire in California has scorched thousands of acres of land and forced tens of thousands to evacuate from their homes. The shocking footage coming out of Northern California, showing large swathes of forest and residential areas ablaze, is a daunting...
New study: Climate change made Imelda’s extreme flooding twice as likely
The News A new study is drawing the connection between Imelda, the devastating flood in southeast Texas in September, and climate change. The surprise storm is now the sixth wettest tropical storm in U.S. history and the region’s second 1,000-year flood since...
Imelda is another reminder Texas isn’t ready for climate change
On Thursday, Tropical Storm Imelda brought extreme flooding to southeast Texas, bringing with it more than 40 inches of rain in some parts of the region. A chorus of emergency alerts lit up phones and blared through car radios. Schools closed. Many in the Houston...
Since Hurricane Harvey, inaction on climate change in Texas
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas two years ago, killing almost 70 people. Since then, scientists from around the country have recovered the fingerprints of one culprit that made the storm so deadly: climate change. Two separate studies have found the storm’s...
Arctic ice melt is causing more heatwaves, says Texas study
A new study conducted in part at Texas State University found that melting Arctic ice is increasing the number of heatwaves in the U.S. The study, which examined climate data between 1979 and 2016, found that as temperatures in the Arctic sea rise, the number of...