Featured “The new abnormal†– the latest Houston flood disaster’s climate context (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News, 4/20/2016) “This week’s catastrophic flooding in and around Houston – which claimed at least eight lives, officials reported – calls for climate context. It’s way too early, of course, for any scientific analyses of the sort that researchers call ‘attribution studies’ –…
Featured Texans in Congress Largely Silent on Hurricane Protection (Neena Satija and Kiah Collier – The Texas Tribune, 4/17/2016) “After nearly a decade of bickering and finger pointing, Texas scientists and lawmakers finally seem to agree that building some version of a ‘coastal spine’ — a massive seawall and floodgate system — would best help protect the Houston region from…
Even though Earth Day isn’t until April 22, Earth Month is in full swing. CEC will be represented at several events, so please come by and visit. Tonight, we’ll be at the Green Building Resource Center for their celebration (bring something to swap and some styrofoam). On Saturday, we will be at the Earth Day Houston celebration, hosted by Air…