Sunday, February 13, 2022
Saturday, February 12, 2022
The Calm-Me-Downs Wrangle from Far Left Texas
Texans turned out at the state cemetery to pay their respects to Sarah Weddington this afternoon in Austin. #txlege #RoeVWade @DMNPolitics
— BeLynn Hollers (@Belynnhollers) February 10, 2022
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Martha Menchaca's new book gives an overview of Mexican Americans' embattled experiences throughout Texas history to present day.
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) February 11, 2022
Released through @UTexasPress, you can read an excerpt of her work here: https://t.co/4sEZ1VgjeF
The 1813 Battle of Medina was one of the largest and bloodiest battles in Texas history. Yet little is known about it, including the actual location of the battle.
— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) February 9, 2022
Now, the largest organized effort to locate the battle site has begun. https://t.co/rIVuZ0968U
A sneak peek at Powderhorn Ranch, an unspoiled, 17,351-acre coastal paradise set to become a state park.https://t.co/GY7jDPPQs3
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) February 10, 2022
Blue Oyster Cult at Oyster Bake just makes ✨sense✨
— Maddy Skye (@MaddySkye) February 9, 2022
They'll join Chingy, Josh Abbott Band, Puddle of Mudd, Bobby Pulido, & more to help San Antonio burn out the day, burn out the night for the return of one of Fiesta's biggest events.https://t.co/hkfn6dOsKR @mySA @Oyster_Bake
Galveston’s Mardi Gras tradition began more than 150 years ago.
— Texas Historical Commission (@TxHistComm) February 8, 2022
Islanders held private masked balls in 1856 & 1867. Galveston's earliest recorded public celebration of Mardi Gras was in 1871. Now, the annual event is among the largest in the nation.
📷: @GalvestonIsland pic.twitter.com/SkwsOq5aTq
#SXSW2022 is back (March 11-20) and we're more ready than ever to give you the scoop on the coolest bands, films, interactive, free stuff, and parties. To kick it off, here’s how it’s going to look this year! https://t.co/hkZ0FR0uRM
— Do512 (@Do512) February 10, 2022
The largest antiques mall in the Southwest attracts locals who are regulars and road-trippers who are curious. https://t.co/EObmB7LfqJ
— Texas Highways Magazine (@TexasHighways) February 10, 2022
Confession: We were on vacation last week and went to the butterfly migration sanctuary atop Sierra Chincua in Michoacán. It’s one of the most fantastic natural wonders I’ve ever seen. Where we were, it was snowing Monarchs. pic.twitter.com/vydT9u92E2
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) February 9, 2022
The Environmental Wrangle from Far Left Texas
You might have seen massive smoke in East Houston this morning. pic.twitter.com/dG0Fkyvx0o
— Air Alliance Houston (@airallianceHOU) February 7, 2022
Dark smoke and huge flames.#petrometro pic.twitter.com/MfV0pk6lli
— Sema (@_SemaHernandez_) February 7, 2022
Another Monday, another unpermitted air emission. #SSM Valero Houston Refinery flare putting off thick smoke in southeast Houston - ABC13 Houston https://t.co/sW4oDsxjY4
— bryan parras (@HighTechAztec) February 7, 2022
Per @TCEQ initial reports: Here are the initial emission totals (in pounds) from Friday night's power outage in Texas City. #GalvNews pic.twitter.com/GjP8Uwqc64
— John Wayne Ferguson (@JohnWFerguson) February 7, 2022
Flaring at Valero’s Houston refinery in Manchester sent black smoke billowing above the city’s East Side Monday morning. [...] (That) follows another flaring event Friday night (Feb.4) at the Galveston Bay refinery owned by Marathon Petroleum Corp. It too blamed flaring on a power outage. ...
Shell Chemical Company also alerted neighbors to possible flaring at its Deer Park plant Monday night, though the cause was unclear. Shell was not immediately available for comment.
Flaring events like these rain chemicals on the city’s eastern neighborhoods, polluting the air and affecting the health of sensitive groups, said Bryan Parras, an East Side resident and an organizer with the environmental advocacy organization Sierra Club.
“One of these events can exceed the permitted levels they are allowed to emit for the entire year, depending on how long the flaring lasts,” he said.
Just another day in Big Greasy.
Satellites have detected massive gas leaks : NPR
— 🌹 🔥 Dark Warlord 🔥 🌹 (@drkwarlord) February 11, 2022
It’s Not leaks:
There's new evidence, collected from orbiting satellites, that oil and gas companies are routinely venting huge amounts of methane into the air. https://t.co/cgIY51kXCf
Shaken by #fracking quakes, Texas is forced to act https://t.co/0iV4ciosay #Permian
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) February 10, 2022
"#Earthquakes in #TX doubled in 2021. Scientists cite years of #oil companies injecting sludgy water underground."
— @CCLHouston (@CCLHouston) February 11, 2022
Imagine solving earthquakes, #ExtremeWeather & #ClimateChange all at the same time with the same solution ! 🌎#TXLege#CarbonDividendshttps://t.co/r7uo0XDnqH
Listen & Learn, in case you're not up to date on @NatButterflies closure due to dangerous threats, harassment & targeting by MAGA political operatives hellbent on disrupting & destroying our nice things--like butterfly sanctuaries (not to mention libraries & soon, highways) https://t.co/R7RrmQhyHC
— National Butterfly 🦋 (@NatButterflies) February 10, 2022
Bruce Melton at The Rag Blog wrote a comprehensive essay about what he called the 'Tex-Ice' disaster ahead of Valentine's week, offering some survival stories about our current emergency and some new solutions to our existential crisis. Sharon Wilson for Earthworks reminds us that methane releases are the damaging ecological impacts of Texas winter storms nobody really mentions. Clean Technica points out the hidden costs of keeping natural gas-fired electric plants online (paying surge prices in a Uri-like event). And Luke Metzger at Environment Texas has new research showing the role rooftop solar could have played in preventing 2021 Texas power crisis.
The last Wrangle this week has my calm-me-downs, and it will appear later today.