The Texas Drought Project sends climate eNews to our list covering a range of topics from changes to the environment, updates from scientists and activists, political and legislative news, and more recently, vaccination news. Please contact us if you’d like to receive our eNews, usually sent out about once a month.
Newsletter Archive
04/13/2024 – New UN Report: “A Survival Guide for Humanity”
-The Latest IPCC Report: A Call to Immediate Action
-CODE RED – a call to climate action on all fronts
02/20/2024 – Black History Month
-The Lie That Invented Racism
-History-Making Black Americans Everyone Should Know
01/19/2024 – Support Greta’s Letter, Media & Textbooks on Climate Change
-Western Megadrought: A Glimpse into Texas’s Future
-Media & Textbook’s Coverage of Climate Change
12/09/2022 – COP27: The Latest Attempt at a Climate Agreement
-Coverage of the United Nation’s 2022 climate change conference
11/03/2022 – Biden’s Climate Bill + Events Around Texas + VOTE!
-Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
-VOTE in the 2022 midterm elections!
10/07/2022 – Funny Chevron Parody & Climate News
-“Ad” parodying Chevron’s destruction of the atmosphere
08/19/2022 – Excellent Climate Articles, Trauma in the Economy & Love Songs
-Recent climate and economic news
07/24/2022 – The Cost of Climate Change + Time To Use Masks Again
-The cost of climate change in human lives
-Call your congressional representative!
06/30/2022 – Lungs Of Earth In Danger & Songs Of Struggle & Healing
-The Amazon Looses Thousands of Square Miles of Forest Every Year
-Songs of Hope and Determination
06/22/2022 – Poverty, Capitalism & Michael Moore: Too Late On Climate Change?
-What Capitalism is Doing to the Earth
-What Capitalism is Doing to the Poor and Working Class
06/12/2022 – Why is CDR Important To You & Video on Jan 6th Hearing
-Carbon Dioxide Removal & Negative Emissions
-The Hearings on the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol
05/29/2022 – Huge Opportunity to Help Stop the Pandemic
-Where are we currently with the pandemic?
-What we can do to stop COVID at home and abroad: Demonstrations in Dallas, Houston & Austin
05/12/2022 – How We Can Save Water As Drought Gets Much Worse
-Drought in the US & Texas
-Solutions to Drought in Texas
04/06/2022 – This Thursday – Important City Council Meeting!
-Thursday: Protect Neighborhoods From Jet Fuel Tank Farm
-Water and Drought Problems Escalating All Over the World
03/17/2022 – 2 Simple & Important Emails in 10 Minutes
-Vaccines for Poor Countries Will Also Help Us
-Help Protect 1600 Homes from Expanded Jet Fuel Tank Farm
03/15/2022 – Oil & Gas Control Our Government & Media: What To Do?
-Oil & War Keep Each Other Going Strong
-Oil & Gas Interests Control Our Politicians And Media
-Where Your Tax Dollars Really Go – Nearly Half To The Us Military
03/05/2022 – Monday Mtg with Mayor to Stop Toxic Tank Farm
-The City Of Austin Is Setting Up Jet Fuel Storage Tanks Near Citizens
-What You Can Do Now To Help
03/02/2022 – Peace To Ukraine & The Possibility of Nuclear War
-News of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
-What You Can Do Now to Help
02/10/2022 – Celebrating Black History Month
-Black History is American History
-Racism in Historical & Modern America
-Climate Change and Environmental Justice
01/26/2022 – MLK, Voter Suppression, & a Funny Climate Video
-MLK Changing & the Vietnamese Buddhist Who Inspired Him to Oppose the Vietnam War (Thich Nhat Hanh)
-New Voter Suppression Laws in Texas Going into Effect
-Funny video: Honest Government Ad About “Net Zero by 2050”
01/13/2022 – Don’t Look Up, Vaccines and Voting Rights
-Big-budget climate change movie: Don’t Look Up!
-Promising New Texas Vaccine for Low-Income Countries
-Voting Rights Struggle
12/20/2021 – Season’s Greetings, News, and Some Wonderful Songs!
-Some Songs & Some Elephants To Brighten Your Season
12/07/2021 – Just two calls to save many millions
-How We Stop the Pandemic
-The END THE PANDEMIC resolution
Special Coverage of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)
Glasgow COP26, Final. Two huge issues at Glasgow—were they solved?
COP26, Days: 11 & 12: Why Glasgow is failing to deliver…
COP26, Days 9 & 10: Fossil Fuel interests control Glasgow!
COP26, Days 7 & 8: Climate pledges are being built on flawed data
COP26, Days 5 & 6: “COP26 is a failure”???
COP26, Days 3 & 4: Global politicians fail to support keeping fossil fuels in the ground
COP26, Days 1 & 2: Leaders talk Methane & Deforestation, but where is China?
11/30/2021 – Pandemic Action Alert, Giving Tuesday & Climate Hope
-The Latest COVID Variant and what you can do to help
-Where Hope Is on Climate & Where It Isn’t
11/02/2021 – AOC, Chomsky & Arundhati Roy on HOPE
-A conversation with AOC and Noam Chomsky on how to retain hope in these times
-A beautiful essay by famed activist and writer Arundhati Roy
10/27/2021 – Climate Crimes Against Humanity
-Exxon knew about its destruction of the climate decades ago
-Greta Thunberg on “leaders” who are failing to lead
10/21/2021 – Scientists’ most dire warning yet–time for you to act!
-IPCC report and why the UN meeting is Glasgow is critical
-Make calls to your congressperson for the climate!
10/18/2021 – Is there any truth on climate change in today’s media?
-6 media giants control almost all of our news
-Make calls to your congressperson for the climate!
10/14/2021 – Your future will be determined at Glasgow
-Latest news on climate, poor countries, capitalism and more
-Make calls to your congressperson for the climate!
10/08/2021 – We can stop corporations from controlling our future
-Corporations vs. the Climate
-How to write a Letter to the Editor…
10/06/2021 – The transformative $3.5 trillion Reconciliation Bill needs help
-The $3.5T Reconciliation Bill
-Make calls to your congressperson in support of the bill!
09/29/2021 – Thursday: Help Public Schools GO GREEN!
-The Green New Deal for Public Schools
-Please take a quick social media action for the GND for Public Schools
09/28/2021 – Make that one call, and “Blah blah blah”
-Greta Lambasts Leaders Over Climate Crisis
-Make calls to your congressperson for the climate!
09/23/2021 – Our Last Best Chance Needs One Important Action
-Biden’s plan is not enough
-Make calls to your congressperson for the climate!
09/05/2021 – Working People, Climate Change & Capitalism
-Documentaries on capitalism, labor
-Upcoming summit thanking first-line COVID workers
08/25/2021 – Biden’s Climate Plan—Is It Enough?
-Biden is already compromising his climate plan
-Update on vaccines for developing nations
08/13/2021 – Defend the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC)
-Austin’s Mexican American Cultural Center may need help fighting city planning
08/11/2021 – Climate Chaos not Climate Change: Code Red for Humanity
-The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report sounds the alarm on climate change: CODE RED!
07/27/2021 – JOIN US for a Major Event This Week – Forward Together, Not One Step Back
-Join us in the Georgetown to Austin March for Democracy and Voting Rights
07/12/2021 – Come Thursday: Help Save Millions of Lives
-Protest The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s patent rules. Allow developing nations to produce vaccines in their factories!
07/10/2021 – New Hope for Climate Action—Without Congress
-Dr. James Hansen offers much needed hope in that his plan offers a blueprint to Biden on a way he could bypass the US Senate on climate change
07/03/2021 – Western Heat and Drought — is Texas next?
-Unprecedented heat waves across western US and Canada threaten life and property – and this is just the beginning
06/18/2021 – Sunday: Beto Voting Rights Rally
-Join Beto this Sunday in Austin to rally for voting rights & the For the People Act!
06/14/2021 – This Week – Houston Sunrise Generation on Fire Events
-Sunrisers are marching from New Orleans to Houston in support of a Green New Deal. Let’s welcome them home with a weekend full of actions!
06/12/2021 – Outrageous Call for More Police after Shooting on 6th St.
-Statement on mass shooting in downtown Austin: More police presence does NOT prevent crime
06/10/2021 – Biden Might Sacrifice Climate in Infrastructure Bill
-With 350.org. Please sign our petition calling for bold climate action that protects frontline communities
05/31/2021 – In Houston This Friday: Global Vaccinations vs Corporate Profits
-Please join us for a rally remembering those who have died of COVID-19 and calling for the global access to vaccines and treatments needed to prevent millions more deaths and help end the pandemic
05/06/2021 – Great Victory! Thank You!
-Your calls and letters to our representatives encouraged them to show their support for the WTO patent waiver – allow developing nations to produce vaccines in their factories!
04/30/2021 – Will Rep. Fletcher save lives or protect corporate patents? Call her today!
-Call Rep. Lizzie Fletcher today! Show your support for the WTO patent waiver – allow developing nations to produce vaccines in their factories!
04/27/2021 – Vote TODAY or May 1st!
-Today is the last day for early voting. Get out the vote!
