Environment

Millions Still Without Power As Temperatures Soar

Millions Still Without Power As Temperatures Soar

On Tuesday July 9, Texans in the wake of Hurricane Beryl had their first full day to assess the damage of the Category 1 storm. Millions of customers remain without power as temperatures are expected to rise to a heat index of 105 degrees. Beryl made landfall near the small

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
A Resolution For San Antonio To Stop Displacing Birds, Trees, and Parkgoers

A Resolution For San Antonio To Stop Displacing Birds, Trees, and Parkgoers

A full version of this article originally appeared on Deceleration A resolution passed last month at LULAC’s state convention highlights the attacks on the birds and trees in Brackenridge Park —and their connection to civil and ceremonial rights for local Indigenous and Latine communities. The City of San Antonio

By Gregory Harman, Marisol Cortez
A Texas-Based Author Tackles Climate Fiction

A Texas-Based Author Tackles Climate Fiction

Carbon credits allow the wealthy to continue polluting while poor Black neighborhoods continue suffering the continuing effects of climate change. A child and his mother must don respirators to find the ingredients for a simple birthday cake. Houston suffers a hurricane more devastating than Harvey.           These stories — woven in The

By Meredith Nudo
The Art of Hurricane and Climate Change Trauma

The Art of Hurricane and Climate Change Trauma

There is something unsettlingly medical about Deborah Jack’s exhibition at the Houston Center of Photography. Intertidal Imaginaries: The Resistant Geographies of the Shore(coast) in the Aftermath of Saltwater(storm) surges an exploration of the devastation that hurricanes wreak on the environment and human structures of her native Saint-Maarten.

By Jef Rouner
A Geothermal Project Kicks Off New Wave Of Energy Sources In Texas

A Geothermal Project Kicks Off New Wave Of Energy Sources In Texas

Earlier today, Bedrock Energy announced the completion of a new geothermal project at Penn Field in Austin. The energy company worked with the developer CIM Group to create a geothermal borefield as well as a heating and cooling system for the campus that houses several technology and media companies. The

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
Deepwater Oil Facility Off Texas Coast Forges Ahead

Deepwater Oil Facility Off Texas Coast Forges Ahead

This week a proposed deepwater oil-export facility that would be built just off the Gulf Coast near Brazoria County in Texas took major steps forward, against the wishes of several environmental groups. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. originally filed for the permits to start building the Sea Port Oil Terminal

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
An Environmentally Friendly Mardi Gras In Galveston

An Environmentally Friendly Mardi Gras In Galveston

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Galveston wraps its Mardi Gras celebrations on February 13, with an estimated attendance of over 350 thousand revelers throwing more than 3 million of the traditional beads at one another. While the raucous partying and parading winds down as more somber Lenten observances begin, students

By Meredith Nudo
Christian D. Menefee’s Expanded Role With The EPA

Christian D. Menefee’s Expanded Role With The EPA

Michael Regan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, recently announced that Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee would be appointed to a second term on the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) for the EPA. In addition to that renewal, Regan also noted that Menefee would Chair the Environmental

By Jessica Montoya Coggins