Marco GarciaTestimony Presented to the Texas Committee on Environmental RegulationFor a state whose constitution valorizes freedom, its people know very little of it. The “right of local self-government,” which is…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Marco GarciainSunrise Movement HoustonThe Climate Crisis and the New PresidentTo ensure the short-term and long-term security of all Americans, Biden must establish a green new deal.Mar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
Marco GarciaBeyond Petroleum in the Energy Capital of the WorldIn pursuing oil-led development, Houston has dug its own grave. Houston’s leaders have transmitted an uninhabitable future to its…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Marco GarciaHow Oil and Transportation Negatively Influenced Houston’s Environmental HistoryHouston’s environmental history is littered with the detritus of unplanned development and stained by a wholly indifferent regard for both…Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020
Marco GarciaNotes on the Fifth BeginningThe premise of Robert L. Kelly’s The Fifth Beginning is simple: if something can’t go on forever, it won’t. Stein’s Law, to be sure…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Marco GarciaReporting on the War Against Climate Change from the Energy Capital of the WorldIntergenerational conflict is not new to humans, and it is especially not new to western civilization. Indeed, in Hesiod’s Theogony, the…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Marco GarciaNotes on Ecology in the AnthropoceneErle C. Ellis’ contribution to the A Very Short Introduction series has us consider the Anthropocene, the notion that humans — more than…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Marco GarciaBan Fossil Fuel Executives, Lobbyists, and Representatives From Holding OfficeIn his most recent editorial, Chris Tomlinson grossly misrepresents the climate movement’s demands, goals, and overall intentions…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Marco GarciaNotes on the Collapse of Western CivilizationOver three-hundred years ago the children of the so-called Enlightenment bore a second Dark Age. The Penumbral Period, as it is now known…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Marco GarciaOn the 50th Earth Day, Houston Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Houston published its strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The Houston Climate Plan is…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
