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Texas wasn’t prepared to keep the lights on during Winter Storm Uri, and it won’t be ready for future cold weather unless it starts thinking about energy demand as well as supply.
Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
Research conducted in Southeast Texas casts light on the toll disasters can take on groups that serve as pillars of their communities.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
The recent anti-migrant actions of the Florida and Texas governors reflect specific hatreds that date back to the very beginnings of European settlement in North America.
A formal legal investigation would be needed to determine whether the Florida governor and associates violated human trafficking or other laws.
In the civil rights era, ‘Reverse Freedom Rides’ were more than just a political stunt. They were part of a systematic effort to deprive Black Americans of their livelihoods and force them out.
The US is a latecomer to offshore wind development, but President Biden has set big goals for expanding it. The Gulf of Mexico has good conditions and a large offshore energy industry.
While Congress considers new renewable energy incentives, Texas’ sprawling wind farms tell a story about renewable energy ownership in the US – and who benefits from subsidies.
Abortion funds, which help people who cannot afford the procedure, are facing new kinds of pressures, including potential legal risks and a rising client demand that exceeds their capabilities.
In the last decision of the term, the Supreme Court cleared a barrier for the Biden administration to end a Trump-era policy returning asylum seekers arriving in the US to camps in Mexico.
Some companies say they will cover travel expenses to help workers in states where abortion is illegal get the procedure, but doing so could pose legal challenges.
Even in states that ban abortion, legal precedents indicate that donating to, and receiving assistance from, abortion funds is an expression of free speech.
Heat domes are a dangerous part of summer weather.
Sometimes wind and solar power produce more electricity than the local grid can handle. Better energy storage and transmission could move extra energy to where it’s needed instead of shutting it off.
If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had his way, the state’s past of lynching Blacks would be taught as an exception rather than the rule. History tells a different story.
A study of displayed road signs in Texas shows that, surprisingly, safety messages may actually make roads less safe.
After mass shootings, politicians in Washington have failed to pass new gun control legislation, despite public pressure. But laws are being passed at the state level, largely to loosen restrictions.
Of the 13 mass school shootings that have taken place in the US, the three most deadly occurred in the last decade. Data from these attacks helped criminologists build a profile of the gunmen.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of History, Sam Houston State University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Law Student, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies & Baker Institute Political Science Fellow, Rice University
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Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin