Hurricane Beryl left Houstonians suffering for prolonged days after the storm due to the fragile Texas energy grid. […]
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Texas State Board of Education Moves To Censor or Reject Science Textbooks Submitted in Texas
Amid political objections to content, particularly on topics like climate change and evolution, State Board of Education members today voted to withhold preliminary approval for science textbooks from more than half of the 22 competing publishers in Texas this year. […]
REPORT: Proposed Textbooks Could Help Texas Students Learn More About Climate Change
Texas State Board of Education, a Notorious Hotbed of Anti-Science Politics, Will Vote This Fall on Which Textbooks to Adopt for Public Schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 22, 2023 Contact:Emily Witt, Texas Freedom Network (TFN), [email protected] Oh, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), [email protected] AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Freedom Network Education Fund and National Center for […]
After Years Of Advocacy Work, Texas Rising Organizers Celebrate Closure Of Spruce Coal Plant
SAN ANTONIO – CPS Energy voted Monday to move away from burning coal at its Spruce coal plant, and convert it to burning another fossil fuel, natural gas.
The plant was one of the most recent coal plants to be built in the U.S., and quickly became one of the largest polluters, not only in San Antonio, but in the country. […]
In Texas, Everything’s Bigger: How Climate Change is Deepening Racial Inequality in Texas
It can be tempting to think of big world issues like climate change as invisible events happening elsewhere in the world, beyond our control. We may be interested but slower to act because we rarely attach urgency to these issues. […]
