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’ –…
Normally, the introduction to today’s newsletter would highlight Earth Day and CEC’s involvement in Earth Day since 1970, and the amazing efforts of our member organizations. Instead, this week I’d like to talk about flooding. I hope each of you remain safe and relatively dry during this week’s storms. In light of a recent report by the Union of Concerned…
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…