#gulfcoast — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gulfcoast, aggregated by home.social.
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Featured story: If #Houston’s problem were only who sat in the mayor’s office, a well-experienced and well-connected pol would be well positioned to reverse the city’s fortunes.
So why has the current office holder been so ineffective? https://www.texasobserver.org/john-whitmire-houston-mayor-state-city-government/
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“During these drought conditions, residents and small businesses, who are all facing rising costs and stagnant wages, were required to conserve or face fines and surcharges for misuse, while the city allows exempted industrial users to avoid drought surcharges and even some conservation requirements. Fundamentally, that’s unfair.” https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-election-texas-house-district-34/
#water #drought #CorpusChristi #environment #news #GulfCoast
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New from Justin Doud: Water is one of many issues at the forefront of Texas politics this election cycle, no place more so than in Corpus Christi. Both candidates for this key House race have made it a central point in their campaigns. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-election-texas-house-district-34/
#midterms #water #drought #CorpusChristi #environment #news #GulfCoast
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🐦 NEW: Myrtle #warblers banded in #Alaska carried Tic Tac-sized geolocator backpacks that logged light and air pressure for a year.
The #data from recaptured #birds showed an eastward loop across Canadian boreal #forest to the #GulfCoast, a nearly 11,000 km (6,800 mi) round-trip likely tracing an ancient post-glacial expansion.
#migration #geolocation #ornithology #science #conservation #tracking #nature #biology #animals #birdwatching #birding #wildlife