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A Houston attorney is banking on big business helping preserve the Texas Coast
Mom nature is likely one of the strongest allies in serving to cut back and retailer carbon-dioxide emissions.
Our coastal marshlands play an important position in that course of however are being threatened by erosion and sea stage rise.
A Houston environmental lawyer stated he’s discovered a approach to shield these delicate areas of the state whereas making it financially useful for giant companies to help the hassle.
“This the place the financial system is headed and it’s a brand new financial system for agriculture in Texas, for coastal land house owners,” stated lawyer Jim Blackburn. “It’s a part of a brand new financial system of carbon, in addition to safety of the Texas coast.”
Blackburn’s objective is to create a thousand miles of dwelling shoreline stretching from Orange County to Cameron County. He believes power business leaders may help with this effort in change for carbon credit.
“We wish to give firms the chance to assist cut back their carbon footprint by contributing, by shopping for if you’ll, a mile, two miles, 10 miles of this dwelling shoreline,” stated Blackburn.
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The aim of the venture is to guard the Texas coast from erosion and sea-level rise, which is consuming away important marshlands.
“The marshes are the important thing to the fisheries of the Texas coast. Shrimp, blue crabs, flounder all use the marsh as a nursery,” stated Blackburn. “Each acre of the marsh has about 400 tons of carbon that’s been deposited within the soil.”
Blackburn stated if the marshlands are destroyed, all of the carbon within the soil will get launched again into the ambiance.
“We’re going to construct oyster reefs to guard the wetlands and within the course of preserve carbon dioxide from being launched,” stated Blackburn.
Blackburn stated the Valero Power Company is funding the examine wanted to create a system the place firms should buy carbon credit that can assist fund the development of this dwelling shoreline. Blackburn created a non-profit firm referred to as B-Carbon, which points the credit.
“Which, they’ll mainly put of their annual stories, these kinds of issues, about how they’re lowering their carbon footprint,” stated Blackburn.
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As for the dwelling shoreline, the thought is to deposit rocks or bricks close to the shoreline after which seed the reefs with oyster spat. Oyster reefs then develop and anchor the buildings to the sea-bed, defending the shoreline from getting chewed away by wind, waves and rising sea ranges.
“To maintain coastal fisheries, to maintain coastal birds, to maintain all of these issues we as individuals actually get pleasure from,” stated Lalise Mason with Scenic Galveston, Inc. and Texas Coastal Change.
Mason already spearheaded an identical venture to guard Virginia Level, which is subsequent to the Galveston causeway.
“Its first and first operate was to guard this coastal prairie peninsula,” stated Mason.
Mason, together with a military of volunteers, helped assemble stone reefs to guard the shoreline from erosion. Marsh-grass was then planted, which helps anchor the sediment and prevents carbon saved within the soil from being launched.
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“It develops biomass beneath the bottom, it develops enormous root mass,” stated Mason. “That biomass within the soil is carbon. That’s soil carbon, that’s what it’s.”
The whole space is prospering with fish, birds and quickly thickening traces of marsh grass.
“We try to develop once we take a look at a dwelling shoreline, an answer that mimics a pure system,” stated Chris Levitz, Gulf Coast supervisor for AECOM.
Levitz helped design the coastal system now defending Virginia Level. He and Mason are working with Blackburn on designing completely different prototypes that can make up the one-thousand miles of dwelling shoreline.
“Do (Virginia Level), however do it on a extra repeatable, smaller scale,” stated Levitz.
Blackburn hopes this plan serves as a mannequin for a brand new sort of financial system and business, serving to protect or rehabilitate areas of pure carbon filtration in change for carbon credit to point out a dedication to lowering carbon footprints.
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“All of that is occurring exterior of presidency regulation,” stated Blackburn. “Previously, we’ve seen the market and environmental being type of at odds. At the moment, we’re going to see them working collectively and transferring collectively.”
Blackburn stated the design section of the venture needs to be full by the top of this 12 months and he hopes to see development start on segments of the shoreline subsequent 12 months with the objective of getting the whole venture full in 5 to 6 years.
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A common theme for No. 22 TCU has been their complete dominance on their home floor this season. The Horned Frogs finished the year 14-1 at Schollmaier Arena. On Friday night, in front of over 3,000 fans, TCU swept Texas Tech (25-14, 26-24, 25-11).
The four seniors honored by TCU were Melanie Parra, Cecily Bramschreiber, Stephanie Young and Ashlyn Bourland. All four players found ways to contribute as Parra finished with 14 kills and seven digs. Bramschreiber filled up the stat sheet with four kills, four aces and seven digs. Both Young and Bourland got an ace.
Both teams traded points in the early going, but Bramschreiber sparked a 7-2 run to give the Frogs a 16-9 lead. TCU hit .417 in the first set and dominated the first set capped off by a Becca Kelley ace.
In set two, Texas Tech made things much closer jumping out to a 8-5 lead. A 4-0 run from TCU put them back in front. This set included multiple runs and it was Tech that got it to set point leading 24-22. TCU was able to end the set on a 4-0 run courtesy of kills from Jalyn Gibson and Parra paired with aces from Bramschreiber.
Trying to keeps things alive, TCU wasn’t met with much resistance from the Red Raiders in the third set. The Frogs kept up the pressure with multiple runs to build a massive 17-8 lead. Bourland picked up her first career ace and an attack error ended things.
It was a fun night for the seniors that played in front of the TCU crowd for the last time. The 14 wins at home tied the school record for most wins at home in a single season. They also picked up the most wins in a season since 2015. What Jason Williams has done for this program in such a short time has been remarkable to watch.
The Frogs move to 19-7 overall 11-5 in conference. They still are fifth in the Big 12 standings with two games to go. They will travel to Morgantown on Wednesday to take on West Virginia at 6 p.m. and then to Cincinnati on Friday at 1 p.m.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Thursday targeting the blue city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana.
Paxton alleges that Proposition R, which “prohibits the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure,” violates state law.
The attorney general argues in the lawsuit that the ballot measure is preempted by Texas law, which criminalizes the possession and distribution of marijuana. Paxton also claims the Texas Constitution prohibits municipalities from adopting an ordinance that conflicts with laws enacted by the state legislature.
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“Cities cannot pick and choose which State laws they follow,” Paxton said in a statement. “The City of Dallas has no authority to override Texas drug laws or prohibit the police from enforcing them.”
Paxton called the ballot measure “a backdoor attempt to violate the Texas Constitution” and threatened to sue any other city that “tries to constrain police in this fashion.”
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The lawsuit comes after interim Dallas Police Department Chief Michael Igo directed Dallas police officers not to enforce marijuana laws against those found to be in possession of less than 4 ounces.
Ground Game Texas, a progressive nonprofit group that campaigned in favor of the ballot measure, argued it would help “keep people out of jail for marijuana possession,” “reduce racially biased policing” and “save millions in public funding.”
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“It’s unfortunate but not surprising that Attorney General Ken Paxton has apparently chosen to waste everyone’s time and money by filing yet another baseless lawsuit against marijuana decriminalization,” said Catina Voellinger, executive director for Ground Game Texas.
“Judges in Travis and Hays counties have already dismissed identical lawsuits filed there. The Dallas Freedom Act was overwhelmingly approved by 67% of voters — this is democracy in action.”
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Since January 2024, Paxton has filed lawsuits against five Texas cities that decriminalized marijuana possession, arguing these policies promote crime, drug abuse and violence.
The Texas Longhorns are heading back to Austin with some early-season tournament hardware in hand.
Tre Johnson battled through another poor shooting night but closed the game out for Texas once again, scoring a game-high 17 points to lead the Longhorns to a 67-58 win over Saint Joseph’s at the Legends Classic championship round in Brooklyn Friday night.
Transfer guard Julian Larry sparked the Longhorns late, scoring all 12 of his points in the second half. Arthur Kaluma added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists while Kadin Shedrick had 10 points and six rebounds.
The Hawks were led by Rasheer Fleming, who stuffed the stat sheet with 16 points, 20 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and three steals. Xzayvier Brown added 15 points on 4 of 7 shooting.
The Longhorns jumped out to an 11-6 lead after seven early points from Kaluma. St. Joe’s started out cold from the field but controlled the game with hard-nosed defense and the occasional press while dominating the offensive glass. This was highlighted by a possession where the Hawks got four consecutive offensive rebounds but only scored one point as a result.
Johnson stayed aggressive on offense for Texas but was off on his shot and was impacted by the on-ball defense of St. Joe’s.
Mark, Pope and Johnson all hit a triple for Texas in about a two-minute span ahead of halftime to give the Longhorns their biggest lead at 32-26 but the Hawks responded with a free throw from Haskins 3-pointer from Brown before halftime to cut the lead to 32-30.
The defense from the Hawks ramped up even more, as the Longhorns were stuck in the mud on offense and had little to no ball movement. St. Joe’s was hardly much better, but its defense continued to set the tone and eventually swung the momentum.
Larry then hit back-to-back triples as the two teams traded buckets on five straight possessions. Consecutive dunks from Ajogbor and Fleming but the Hawks in front 50-46 with 8:25 to play, but Larry continued to take over. He hit 1,000 career points with a driving layup before finding Kaluma for a corner triple to put Texas back in front at 51-50.
It didn’t stop there for Larry, who found a cutting Shedrick for a dunk before diving on a loose ball down at the other end to secure possession for Texas, which had built a 55-52 lead with 3:13 left. The Longhorns used the momentum to put together an 8-0 run, which essentially sealed the win in a game where scoring felt hard to come by.
Johnson then closed the game out with six points in the final 4:11 of action, including a pullup jumper at the foul line to put Texas up 63-55 with 1:19 left.
Texas will host Delaware State on Nov. 29.
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