July 2017 BLOG POSTS

The Texas Coastal Exchange: Implementing an innovative marketplace

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series that introduces The Texas Coastal Exchange (TCX), a trading clearinghouse involving the sale of ecological services. Click here to read part two of this series.  The SSPEED Center (The Center for Severe Storm Prediction,... Read More >

Energy wonks have a meltdown over the U.S. going 100 percent renewable. Why?

Science is messy, but it doesn’t have to be dirty. On June 19, a group of respected energy researchers released a paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that critiqued a widely cited study on how to power the U.S. using only renewable... Read More >

What makes Texas (and America) great

For ten years I have served the Big Bend Conservancy in support of Big Bend National Park, a United States national park located in Western Texas (ordering Mexico).  During this time, I have had the immense privilege of experiencing the best parts of America: its... Read More >