{"id":293,"date":"2013-02-26T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T14:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2013-02-26T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T14:54:13","slug":"texas-drought-interactive-website-npr-stateimpact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Texas drought interactive website | NPR StateImpact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Texas+drought+interactive+website+%7C+NPR+StateImpact\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?p=293\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><p>NPR has put together an incredible website full of information and interactive tools on the Texas drought:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/drought\/\">Texas drought maps and photos | NPR StateImpact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have a friend who worked in the Texas Legislature for several years. He and his Rep tried hard to introduce a bill into committee (I believe it was the 2011 session) that simply required Texas state agencies to plan for the contingency of drought. They couldn&#8217;t even get the bill a hearing in the committee because in the eyes of the right-wing ideologues that control this (and many other) state government, it was one step closer to acknowledging the reality of global warming. The bill didn&#8217;t even mention global warming, just requiring that agencies plan for drought, but Republicans in Texas wouldn&#8217;t let it hit the committee floor let alone get a vote in the Leg.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that there is as much scientific consensus about global warming as there is on cigarettes and cancer. While the science has never been more clear, a growing number of Americans have doubt about the science. This disconnect hasn&#8217;t occurred in a vacuum. There has a been a well financed and decades-long campaign to cause doubt so that the status quo can continue and moneyed interests in the energy and chemicals industries can reap their profits.<\/p>\n<p>While there is plenty of blame to go around, there is only one political party in America whose platform takes this head-in-the-sand and pro-business at all costs approach. In order for real change on this and many other issues, America needs to vote out the dinosaurs, neanderthals, and ideologues that have found a home in the Republican party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR has put together an incredible website full of information and interactive tools on the Texas drought: Texas drought maps and photos | NPR StateImpact. I have a friend who worked in the Texas Legislature for several years. He and his Rep tried hard to introduce a bill into committee (I believe it was the 2011 session) that simply required Texas state agencies to plan for the contingency of drought. They couldn&#8217;t even get the bill a hearing in the committee because in the eyes of the right-wing ideologues that control this (and many other) state government, it was one \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?p=293\"> Continue reading this post <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[57,56],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-environment","tag-drought","tag-global-warming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}