Global Warming In The News

An Austin environmental group fried up Texas-shaped toast as a metaphor of the state overheating from global warming during a demonstration Friday at the State Capitol.

A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy found Texas to be the number one polluting state in the nation for the largest overall increase in carbon dioxide emissions over the past four decades. Environment Texas said the three areas of pollution are coal power plants, more people driving and natural gas usage.

This week, the U.S. Congress will debate the Safe Climate Act, which would require the United States to reduce its global warming pollution by 15 percent from today’s levels by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050.

"We know by investing in smarter technologies, making our power plants and cars more efficient, investing in renewable energy like wind power, solar power, geothermal and biomass, we can dramatically reduce the amount of global warming pollution," legislative advocate Luke Metzger said.

Environment Texas is gathering signatures for a petition to stop global warming pollution.