Takeaways from the midterm elections
I woke up Wednesday morning worrying about the arrows. Because, for every car honking in Austin, Texas, late Tuesday night, wasn’t there someone sighing alone at her cubicle two years ago? Didn’t the highs I […]
Big polluters get exemptions. Your lungs don’t
Some nights the flares that burn off excess toxic gases at the Indorama ethylene oxide plant in Groves, Texas, are so powerful they rattle the windows of the house across the street. Often — 500 […]
“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene
“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene Shrinking support from the Trump administration delays disaster recovery, leaves communities vulnerable to dangerous weather. The Black Mountain Presbyterian Church campus in western North […]
The danger of denial: Why climate deniers could cost you cash today & the planet tomorrow
During Hurricane Harvey, eight of the hottest years ever recorded ago, I lived in a small apartment on Holman Street in Houston’s Midtown neighborhood. It’s not in the floodplain, and more than 1.5 miles away from […]