Fort Worth Ignores Demands for Reform on Redistricting By Eric Griffey Fort Worth UPDATED 3:27 PM CT Feb. 05, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:23 PM CT Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:23 PM CST Feb. 04, 2021
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FORT WORTH, Texas Bruce Miller has watched with great disappointment as a City Council-appointed task force creates the rules for the city’s redistricting process. The long-time TCU physics professor and now professor emeritus is one of a growing number of citizens who want the Council’s districts to be drawn by an independent body, not the council members themselves. Currently, as he sees it, the City Council is choosing its constituents, not the other way around.
Tampa’s Plan to Commit to 100% Clean Energy by 2030 Appears to be Dead By Mitch Perry Hillsborough County PUBLISHED 5:38 PM ET Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:38 PM EST Feb. 04, 2021
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Members of the Tampa Bay Climate Alliance say that they’re disappointed by Tampa City Councilman Joe Citro’s decision to withdraw his resolution to have the city of Tampa set a goal of transitioning to a 100-percent clean energy portfolio by 2030.
But they’re equally alarmed by a preemption bill recently filed in the state Legislature that could restrict every municipality in Florida from creating resolutions to set clean energy goals in the future.
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AUSTIN, Texas The Biden administration has promised to make agriculture a cornerstone of its ambitious climate agenda.
It s looking to farmers to take up methods that could keep planet-warming carbon dioxide locked in the soil and out of the atmosphere. The agriculture sector accounts for roughly 10% of emissions nationwide.
Texas farmers and ranchers say they re committed to caring for the soil, but they re voicing some concerns about a return to more rules and regulations. I think there are some farming methods that can improve carbon sequestration, said Russell Boening, president of the Texas Farm Bureau. I think we re already doing some of that when it comes to different types of practices. The main thing is it be voluntary and it be science based.
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With high-profile accomplishments like the election of Vice President Kamala Harris, it’s an important time for African American women in political office.
While many saw the historical significance of the moment, others overlooked the foundation laid to get there.
What You Need To Know
Kamala Harris s election as VP puts focus on African American women in politics
Work on social justice, voting rights issues goes way back, UCF professor says
Frederica Wilson, Val Demings represent Florida in U.S. Congress
Georgia s Stacey Abrams has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
“Whether it’s grassroots efforts on social justice, whether it is voter registration, whether it has been in the boardroom, everywhere you could possibly look, Black women have been doing the work,” UCF assistant professor Larry J. Walker said. “The problem with our society is it rarely acknowledges their greatness.”