Tag: environment
On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, risk their lives every time they head out to sea to fish or dive for...
Quick action by one Texas summer camp leads to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood
It was about 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July when the facilities manager at a central Texas summer camp saw water from the...
How to prepare your pets for when a hurricane makes it rain cats and dogs
HOUSTON – Getting ready for a hurricane’s landfall means making sure everyone in your household is prepared, including your furry family members.It’s important that...
Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding
KERRVILLE, Texas – Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend's house...
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
“The signal was out there that this is going to be a heavy, significant rainfall event,” says Vagasky. “But pinpointing exactly where that’s going...
How weather conditions set the stage for deadly Texas flash floods
WASHINGTON – Incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that barely moved over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods...
Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?
But the ESA was only meant to safeguard against “reasonably foreseeable future threats,” Willms argues. Congress has the ability to protect species indefinitely—like it...
Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation’s top storm-related killer
The monstrous, swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of west-central Texas Friday, killing at least 13 and leaving nearly two dozen missing,...
EPA says Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to take back billions in green bank funds
WASHINGTON – The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration...
What to know about buying electric vehicles after the federal tax incentives end
The massive tax and spending cut bill that Congress passed Thursday ends federal tax incentives for electric vehicles. Buyers have until Sept. 30 to...
