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New surveys found most Texans – like residents of California, Ohio and Colorado – think global warming is happening, want officials to do more to address it and believe the U.S. should act alone to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
TCN Journal September 27, 2013
A World Bank study estimated Houston will have the seventh-largest percentage increase in average annual losses from sea-level rise by 2050 among the world’s 136 biggest coastal cities.
TCN Journal August 26, 2013
Two recent studies produced graphic portrayals of threats to Texas and other states. Scientists at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi announced a research project to help the Houston region mitigate and adapt to sea-level rise.
TCN Journal August 6, 2013
In one of our periodic updates on the Texas drought, TCN offers another sample of manifestations and implications. This time, we synthesize news about water-use rules, wildfire worries, water conflicts and agriculture.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT July 15, 2013
The governor signed a group of conservation bills. Supporters launched a campaign to win voter approval for a $2 billion water fund. Persistent water problems served as reminders of the reasons for the big government effort.
TCN Journal June 23, 2013
State lawmakers took action to let voters decide whether to spend $2 billion on water infrastructure and conservation projects. In an election held now, the proposal "would pass strongly," the poll director told TCN.
TCN Journal May 24, 2013
While lawmakers grappled with water issues, a new report offered yet another reminder that the drought that prompted all of the recent, high-level attention to Texas' growing water needs was far from over.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT May 6, 2013
A House-passed bill tells state officials to issue emission-cutting permits under U.S. regulations they have refused to implement. But the bill would drop the requirement if Texas wins its legal fight against the rules.
TCN Journal April 25, 2013
Most of Texas is still in "moderate" to "exceptional" drought, one report said. Federal forecasters predicted drought will continue and perhaps expand in the state. And the state climatologist foresees more water woes, with declining reservoir levels.
TCN Journal SNAPSHOTS OF THE DROUGHT March 23, 2013
Hot, dry conditions in Texas and elsewhere, along with herbicide use in the monarchs' reproductive grounds in the U.S., are blamed for a continuing decline in their numbers in Mexican forests where they winter.
TCN Journal March 15, 2013
The ultimate outcome of the lawsuit over the imperiled whooping crane species has potentially sweeping implications for the state's management of water resources as scientists project more drought with climate change.
TCN Journal March 12, 2013
December and January were warmer than normal in Texas. Those readings continued a trend toward warmer winters described in a new analysis by the Climate Central research organization. [With interactive graphic.]
TCN Journal February 24, 2013
A Republican legislator has filed a bill, backed by industry, to require the state to issue the permits. It offers "political cover" for officials who wouldn't do that, a former top environmental official tells TCN.
TCN Journal February 11, 2013
The Austin-based grocery chain's John Mackey has been called a skeptic about climate change, but said that's not so. It's "clearly occurring" and "perfectly natural," he told Mother Jones magazine.
TCN Journal January 25, 2013
The president stressed the intergenerational aspect of the climate issue, framing it as a security concern and challenging those who "still deny the overwhelming judgment of science." Does that make him a "climate hawk"?
TCN Journal January 21, 2013
Texas' average temperature in 2012 tied its 1921 average to make them the state's two warmest years on record – since 1895, federal scientists reported. Numerous Texas cities also had their warmest years on record last year.
TCN Journal January 8, 2013
Extension of the credit was fiercely debated, with backers of traditional energy sources assailing continued government support for wind power. Polls, however, show strong public favor for wind and other renewable sources.
TCN Journal January 3, 2013
Two new national polls by news organizations echo a survey released in October by the University of Texas: All three recorded an ongoing rise in in public agreement that global warming is happening.
TCN Journal December 17, 2012
Climate-action advocates got a boost when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, citing the storm's devastation, endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election, saying he was the best candidate to address climate change.
TCN Journal October 31, 2012
Recent news about the crucial grain revealed diverse facets of the climate issue: A Texas announcement evoked possible water wars ahead. Reseachers, meanwhile, spotlighted rice's simultaneous contribution and vulnerability to climate change.
TCN Journal October 29, 2012
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