Jim Blackburn is an attorney with an M.S. in Environmental Science who is a Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law at Rice University. He teaches sustainable design courses there and is co-director of the Severe Storm (SSPEED Center). He has authored two books on the Texas coast, has been active in Texas coastal litigation for environmental goals and has founded BCarbon, a carbon credit registry of which he is chairman of the board.
On the 4th of July, extreme rainfall ripped through Central Texas, causing catastrophic flash flooding, leaving 119 dead and over 160 missing, with numbers climbing. The National Weather Service (NWS), which has...
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