Welcome to the Texas Drought Project - a project to address climate change and the state's precious water resources in the face of perpetual drought.

What will 2010 bring?

A look back at Copenhagen and a look forward into this new year

If you read a paper or website in December, or watched any newscast, you heard about "COP-15"--the UN Climate Conference in Denmark.

Texas boasted several representatives there--among them, climate justice supporters Diane Wilson and Lisa Fithian. 

As developing countries squared off against developed countries, the usual suspects came off as winners--multi-national corporations, fossil fuel giants, Wall Street.

 

And the losers? The people, and by extension, the Earth.

But it's not over--COP-16, a follow-up, will be held in December of this year in Cancun.

 

The Texas Drought Project hopes to be a formidable voice in the process.

 

Would you like to join us? Be sure and email us through our "about us" page.

 

And watch for more information as it evolves.

(photo from private collection, San Antonio, 1985, record 13.5 inch snow)

 

Just because it's cold--doesn't mean climate change isn't happening!

You've heard it on talk shows, you've received one of those chain emails about it, but does that means that "global cooling" is real?

The simple answer is "no."

Check out this article from Scientific American--"Why Global Warming Can Mean Harsher Winter Weather."

That's right, just because some of us are suffering through a particularly cold and icy winter doesn't change the fact that the globe is warming.

According to NASA,  we've just experienced the ten warmest years on record.  And the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration (NOAA) reports that recent decades have been the warmest since 1000 AD. In fact, the warming we’ve seen since the late 19th century is completely unprecedented over a span of one-thousand years. 

The most important aspect that you should take away from this discussion? "Weather" and "Climate" are NOT the same thing.

All The Water that Ever Was, is NOW--


New Ways of Looking at Water; A Symposium on Water


The Science, Politics, Law, Architecture, Art, Spirituality, and everything you ever wanted to know--about water. A three-day symposium at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. FREE to attendees. THIRTY-SIX offerings, including workshops on rainwater harvesting, discussions on the ethics of water commodification, seminars on who owns your water--everything, absolutely everything, about water.

http://1.salsa.net/peace/water/

The Texas Drought Project - education, education, education.

 

That's what the TDP does, it finds new ways to educate people about water issues in Texas. 

 

We hope they'll make the connection between climate change and drought. We hope they'll demand that the Texas Water Development Board take up issues related to climate change, and plan accordingly for a future with less water available to our burgeoning Texas population.

 

And we hope lawmakers will have the courage to come down hard on those who make obscene profits on our water, bottling it up and sending it somewhere else; commodification is a serious issue in Texas.

 

Perhaps the next Legislature can also address groundwater pumping limits and historical water rights--we know that in some places, those are "fighting words," as we've been reminded again and again by the phrase "Don't mess with Texas' - water."


Be sure and check our "Calendar" page for news of upcoming water seminars and related events. Many are free or at low cost to attendees. Consider bringing friends and colleagues!