Texas State & Local NEWS: 2021 February 28

May Elections

Here is who is running for Nassau Bay City Council https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/election/2021/02/16/here-is-who-is-running-for-nassau-bay-city-council/

Why can’t Austin implement rolling blackouts? Austin Energy, ERCOT want to avoid complete systemwide electric grid failure https://communityimpact.com/austin/central-austin/weather/2021/02/16/why-cant-austin-implement-rolling-blackouts-austin-energy-ercot-want-to-avoid-complete-systemwide-electric-grid-failure/

Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/02/15/391519/why-does-texas-have-its-own-power-grid/

‘Look What You Did to Us’: The Big Chill of Texas Politics [Gov Abbott refuses to ask for full Federal assistance for Texas] https://politi.co/2PbHsjz via @politico

After Electric Grid Failure, Advocates Want Texas To Plan For Climate Change: ‘It Is Happening Right Now’ https://www.tpr.org/texas/2021-02-15/after-electric-grid-failure-advocates-want-texas-to-plan-for-climate-change-it-is-happening-right-now

Climate change and record cold: What’s behind the arctic extremes in Texas https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-texas-winter-storms-arctic-cold/ via @CBSNews

Subsidence key to Montgomery County's ongoing groundwater debate https://communityimpact.com/houston/the-woodlands/government/2021/02/16/subsidence-key-to-montgomery-countys-ongoing-groundwater-debate/

Interesting Fact: The Zuiderzee in the Netherlands developed because of subsidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee

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