Tag: climate change
Al 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 ...MJ Hegar calls for greater focus on renewable energy
Texas may be an oil state, but that hasn’t stopped Senate candidates from speaking about the need for change. In a wide ...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 ...Signal Q&A: Royce West discusses his biggest campaign challenge, which is also the biggest prize.
The Signal’s editor Kevin Nix spoke to U.S. Senate candidate Royce West yesterday by phone about health care, climate change, the economy, ...What Texas can learn from Dallas about fighting climate change
Texas’ largest and bluest cities– Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas– are each taking steps to develop plans to fight climate change. ...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. ...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 ...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 ...Rep. Henry Cuellar says Green New Deal would ‘kill jobs’ in Texas
On Thursday, Rep. Henry Cuellar criticized the Green New Deal after presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders released his version of a climate deal. ...Julian Castro, America’s Mayor
For those of us paying close attention to the bumper car rally that is the 2020 Democratic primary, most of the policy ...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 ...Houston’s air quality: ‘The particles lodge deep down in the lungs’
With summer unofficially here and Texans spending more time outdoors, there is an invisible danger to keep in mind – especially for ...
