Environmental group airs ads urging Texas lawmakers to go big on climate change
Environmental Defense Action Fund, the campaign arm of the Environmental Defense Fund, announced Tuesday that it would launch a $500,000 ad campaign pressuring conservative and...
A Green Energy Texas Whitewash
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday issued its long-awaited report on Texas’s winter power outage. Why did it take so long? Chairman Richard...
Climate change in the Arctic linked to Texas’ severe winter weather
The state of Texas battled a devastating deep freeze last winter that resulted in up to $155 billion in damages and economic loss, according to...
How Climate Change May Spread A Dangerous Fungus In Texas
Climatologists predict that as we move through the 21st century, Texas’ climate will become hotter and drier. Some effects of this change, like access to...
Economical Sensors to Track Climate Change Effects in Coastal Texas Town
Assistant professor Michelle Hummel from the College of Engineering, UTA, has received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to assist the city of...
Climate Scientists Forecast High Temperatures Into the Fall
After a summer of blistering heat across much of the country, the hotter-than-normal conditions that have contributed to severe drought across the West are forecast...
Map: Nicholas’s Path and Rainfall
Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall as a hurricane early Tuesday morning in Texas. Some areas of the Gulf Coast could experience life-threatening flash floods, the National Hurricane...
How will climate change be taught in Texas classrooms?
Currently, there is some belief that very little is being taught about climate change in Texas classrooms. “Texas is one of six states that got...