President-elect Donald Trump said today that he intends to name Rick Perry, who served as Texas governor from 2000 to 2015, as his Secretary of Energy. “As the governor of Texas, Rick Perry created a business climate that produced millions of … [Read more...]
Warmer Water Trapping Turtles on Texas Coast
Climate change-related warming of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico is causing fewer sea turtles to migrate to warmers waters in the winter, leading more of the creatures to become trapped along the Texas coast when the temperature drops, said Tony … [Read more...]
Lawmakers Review Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
An aerial view of the damage Hurricane Ike inflicted upon Gilchrist, Texas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Better times could be on the horizon the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, or TWIA, has been in a … [Read more...]
Has Fracking Gone Green?
Gone Green as in Good for the Environment not “Green with Envy” or “Money” While the debate rages on as to whether fracking poses a risk to water quality, a new desalination technique addresses two other environmental concerns: water scarcity and … [Read more...]
The Texas Coast Needs a Resilience Strategy – Harvard Business Review
This past winter was a rough one for big swaths of the United States, with both unusual cold snaps and disruptive snowstorms.It wasn’t just one company, though; the whole economy was slowed by the extremes and volatility we faced. The disruption to … [Read more...]
Eye of the Storm on Climate Change
A new scientific report on global warming released this week, the National Climate Assessment, named Miami as one of the cities most vulnerable to severe damage as a result of rising sea levels. Most of the Texas coast is also in the “eye” of climate … [Read more...]