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How To Save Water In This Very Dry State

In a state that is quickly running out of water due to the historic drought we are in, we must conserve the water we have. Here are some ways we outlined in a recent Texas Drought Project eNews to accomplish this vital goal. 

In Austin, you can easily send one email to the entire city council with the ideas above and a few sentences of your own. You can do the same in Dallas. In El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio please just email your favorite council member.

Climate News:

Drought, Wildfires, and Mitigation

How climate change makes wildfire more likely to happen all year round

• "higher [temperatures] mean that, for every drop of precipitation that falls, less water is likely to drain into streams, wetlands, and aquifers across the region... increasing potential for forest fire, tree mortality, and tree regeneration failure."

Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines

• While wind farms in the region could help power and lower energy costs for at least 9 million homes, significant infrastructure upgrades would be needed to supply electricity from the region to other parts of the state.

Celebrities use private jets excessively. It’s a climate nightmare.

• "...planes affiliated with celebrities emitted an average of more than 3,376 metric tons of CO2 — roughly 480 times more than an average person’s annual emissions"

Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy

• “I want you to make his life a living hell” FPL’s CEO Eric Silagy wrote to two of his vice-presidents about state Senator José Javier Rodríguez, who proposed the [solar energy] legislation"

As the world heats up, will climate action, too?

• Heat waves make global warming tangible. But do they change mindsets? It’s still hard for climate to rise to the top among political priorities.

Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices

• As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering

With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future

• Extreme temperatures brake heat records in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the UK and other countries across the continent

Other News:

Texas Teachers, CEO Pay, & Unions

"Never seen it this bad": America faces catastrophic teacher shortage

• Some districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks
• Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms
• Arizona is allowing college students to instruct children
• Nearly 1 in 5 teachers work a second job during the school year

Wage gap between CEOs and US workers jumped to 670-to-1 last year, study finds

• 300 top US companies' CEOs make an average of $10.6m, while the median worker makes $23,968

The 4 Biggest Union Busting Tricks

• If your company claims they can’t afford to raise workers’ pay, but then turns around and spends millions on anti-union consultants... they just might be union busting.

A Few Love Songs

Bruce Springsteen "If I Should Fall Behind"

Joan Osborne & The Funk Brothers "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"

Kate Wolfe "Give Yourself to Love"

What We’re Doing, and How You Can Help

The Texas Drought Project was formed in the fall of 2008 when we worked on the first big US climate bill called Waxman-Markey. In the following years, we did much-need climate education and then a series of large successful campaigns. 

In the wake of COP26 in Glasgow, we have made a strong push to get people to call, write, and email targeted Texas Democrats in hopes of pushing them and Biden to act boldly for the climate.

We need only $2500 per month to sustain this critical push to our last best chance for a safe future.  Any donation of $50 will be doubled and any donation of $100 or more will be tripled!