Featured Supreme Court denies bid to reopen case of dead whooping cranes (David Sikes – Corpus Christi Caller Times, 6/22/2015) “The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it has denied a petition to reopen a case involving the deaths of 23 endangered whooping cranes, according to Houston environmental attorney Jim Blackburn, who filed the petition as lead counsel in a lawsuit…
Featured Rice survey: 58% in Houston agree with pope that warming’s mainly man-made (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News) “Pope Francis’ call to moral action against climate change this week will find one perhaps surprising group already in growing agreement with his key point that ‘the bulk of global warming’ is being caused by people’s use of fossil fuels and…
We haven’t finished cleaning up from the Memorial Day floods, and a tropical disturbance is bringing more rain our way. Please stay safe and dry. I encourage you to also think about the people who have the job of cleaning up after the storm. Obviously, many people work to clean up after the storm (see this post by Bike Houston…