#gulfcoast — Public Fediverse posts
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From our magazine: “[Houston's] the city of haters, you know. If you can win over the folks here, shit, I can go anywhere—LA, New York, Chicago. It doesn’t matter because if you can win over a hater in Houston, you can win over the world.” https://www.texasobserver.org/kam-franklin-the-suffers-solo-album-houston/
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From our magazine: “[Houston's] the city of haters, you know. If you can win over the folks here, shit, I can go anywhere—LA, New York, Chicago. It doesn’t matter because if you can win over a hater in Houston, you can win over the world.” https://www.texasobserver.org/kam-franklin-the-suffers-solo-album-houston/
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Top story: In #Houston, the mayor has near-autocratic power the likes of which other "strong-mayor" cities like NY or LA can only dream of, yet its politics are stultifying, its outcomes unremarkable.
Bayou City's mayor is running out of time ... https://www.texasobserver.org/john-whitmire-houston-mayor-state-city-government/
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This week's top story: John Whitmire is a nominally “strong” mayor with a relatively meager voter mandate, presiding over a once-mighty fiefdom in decline.
How, then, did the strongest mayor in America become so weak? https://www.texasobserver.org/john-whitmire-houston-mayor-state-city-government/
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New restaurant in Montrose blends Texas Gulf Coast with French cuisine | Heights – River Oaks – Montrose
A new restaurant opened Jan. 16 in Montrose’s newest hotel, Hotel Saint Augustine, according to the restaurant’s Jan. 16 social med…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchappetizers #appetizers #francais #france #French #gulfcoast #montrose #newrestaurant
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New restaurant in Montrose blends Texas Gulf Coast with French cuisine | Heights – River Oaks – Montrose https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797175/new-restaurant-in-montrose-blends-texas-gulf-coast-with-french-cuisine-heights-river-oaks-montrose/ #appetizers #francais #france #French #FrenchAppetizers #GulfCoast #montrose #NewRestaurant
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From Dylan Baddour at Inside Climate News: On a single day last week, the city council in drought-stricken Corpus Christi voted to lift restrictions on watering lawns, and to suspend policies designed to protect local wetlands. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-lifting-restrictions-lawns/
#environment #GulfCoast #Texas #drought #water #news #CorpusChristi
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New from Dylan Baddour at Inside Climate News: In Corpus Christi, still under a record-breaking #drought, you can #water your lawn but the city won't water the wetlands.
Experts say this policy could turn the bay into a giant "septic tank." https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-lifting-restrictions-lawns/
#Environment #ClimateChange #GulfCoast #Texas #News #CorpusChristi
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Rain is rare, but Kuwait City still thrives.
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Featured story: In response to the Observer’s public information request, Corpus Christi refused to release the latest records of the Bitcoin mine’s #water usage. The city is appealing our request for those records to the #Texas Office of the Attorney General. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#Bitcoin #crypto #CorpusChristi #environment #drought #GulfCoast #politics #USpol #news #journalism #FreeSpeech
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From May to August last year, Corpus Christi's #Bitcoin mine consumed 11,563,000 gallons of water, according to utility records that the Observer previously obtained via a local resident’s public information request.
Now the city is refusing to share the latest data. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#cryptocurrency #tech #water #CorpusChristi #politics #USpol #Texas #GulfCoast #drought #news
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The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday canceled more than $1 billion in clean energy funding for Texas as part of a continuing effort to reduce federal spending.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Local #National #News #Texas #Baytown #CleanEnergy #ExxonMobil #GulfCoast #TrumpAdministration #USDepartmentOfEnergy
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Lisa's essay for us is in response to @delger Erdenesanaa's feature story from the most recent issue of our magazine, Dow's River, about the toll the petro-giant's had over the historic #Brazos river: https://www.texasobserver.org/dow-brazos-river-pollution-nurdles/
#news #politics #USPol #rivers #water #environment #OilAndGas #Energy #GulfCoast #ClimateChange
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”Unfortunately, some Texans instead continue to ignore foreseeable flood impacts and create avoidable future destruction.”
Lisa Gossett, chair of the environmental management program at the University of #Houston-Clear Lake, has some very personal thoughts on the future of the #Brazos in the hands of Dow Chemical: https://www.texasobserver.org/brazos-flood-dow-reservoir/
#Essays #news #politics #USPol #rivers #water #environment #flood #disaster #safety #OilAndGas #Energy #GulfCoast #ClimateChange
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The Path
Life takes you down many paths, but my favorite ones lead to the beach. What a great way to start the Day🙂
https://jordanhillphotography.com/featured/path-to-the-beach-jordan-hill.html
#beach #beachlife #beachvibes #nature #pic #photooftheday #naturephotography #photo #picoftheday #florida #floridalife #destin #destinflorida #fortwaltonbeach #navarre #navarrebeach #miramar #santarosa #art #pensacola #wallart #homedecor #sunrise #beachhouse #beachdecor #travel #gift #travelphotography #blessed #gulfcoast #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt