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Article: Jim Blackburn: Search for your spirit in nature. You will be rewarded.
​Houston Chronicle, April 2, 2021
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Article: Here's How Steel Dynamics Plans to Protect a creek from impacts of its plant near Sinton
​Caller Times, March 24, 2021
Steel Dynamics, Inc. will create constructed wetlands to safeguard Chiltipin Creek from treated wastewater discharge from its new $1.9 billion Sinton plant.

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Joint Press Release: The Aransas Project and Steal Dynamics 
​Steel Dynamics Southwest, LLC (SD) and The Aransas Project (TAP) today are announcing they have reached an agreement regarding the discharge of treated wastewater into Chiltipin Creek near Sinton, Texas.
TAP and Steel Dynamics Joint Public Statement 3/24/2021
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Press Release: The Aransas Project
TCEQ Denies Steel Dynamics Motion to Begin Construction of Wastewater Treatment Plant Without TCEQ Wastewater Permit​.
​February 25, 2021
TAP Press Release TCEQ Denies Steel Dynamics Motion
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Article: As Texas Shivers through fourth day of outage, finger pointing begins
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WTVB, February 18, 2021
"We'll have to seriously consider regulating in the public interest to get out of this mess in the long term," Blackburn said. "We have allowed money and greed to dictate our approach to public power in Texas."

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Press Release: The Aransas Project
TCEQ found Steel Dynamics' construction of a wastewater treatment facility to violate Texas Water Code The Aransas Project calls on company to do better.
​January 22, 2021
TAP Press Release Steel Dynamics Violation
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TCEQ Steel Dynamics Complaint Report
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Article: Rice’s Baker Institute among finalists selected for $10M Lone Star Prize to improve Texans’ quality of life
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January 8, 2021
I have been working on carbon sequestration in the prairies of Texas and the United States, with much of that work being completed at the Baker Institute at Rice University where we have assembled a working group of over 100 members who are helping us develop and implement a soil carbon payment system to pay ranchers and farmers for storing carbon.  We submitted an application to the Lyda Hill Lone Star Prize competition for which the prize is $10 million over 5 years.  I am happy to announce that our team at the Baker Institute has been selected as one of five finalists for this prize.  We will now have about three months to refine our application and file our final submission for the Lone Star Prize.  

Holiday Coastal Update from Jim Blackburn
Read my annual holiday update on the state of the Texas Coast here.
​December 21, 2020

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Press Release: Texas Coastal Exchange
​Texas Coastal Exchange and Valero Announce Carbon Sequestration Partnership. Agreement focuses on an environmental partnership to Sequester Carbon in Jefferson County.
​December 17, 2020
TCX Press Release 12/17/20
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Article: Top 5 Ways Biden Can Reverse Trump on Climate Change
 Houston Press, November 11, 2020

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Press Release: The Aransas Project (TAP)
The Aransas Project (TAP) Files Water Quality Complaint About Sinton, Texas, Steel Mill Construction
November 11, 2020
Tap Press Release
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Press Release and Paper: Baker Institute for Public Policy
BCarbon: A New Soil Carbon Storage Standard
Rice News: Baker Institute-led group develops proposed nationwide protocol for storing carbon
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Bcarbon: A New Soil Carbon Storage Standard
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Press Release: The Aransas Project (TAP)
Steel Mill Threatens Pristine Fishery and Environmental Gem on the Texas Coast
Or... Danger Lurks Upstream
October 12, 2020
TAP: Proposed Steel Mill Threatens Pristine Fishery
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Article: A Expert say Houston Ship Channel has 'zero protection against storm surge'
 abc13 Eyewitness News, September 3, 2020

Article: A surging threat: How Hurricane Laura could've caused 'one of the worst environmental disasters ever' in Houston
 Houston Chronicle, August 29, 2020

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Press Release: SSPEED Center Press Release
 August 27, 2020
SSPEED Center Release August 27 2020
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Article: This Place Called Houston:" Jim Blackburn hosts webinar on city's past, future.
 Rice News, August 31, 2020

Opinion: Texas is Running Out of Near Misses
 The New York Times, August 28, 2020
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Article: Proposal Would Help Protect Houston Area from Hurricanes, Create 10,000-Acre Public Park
  Houston Public Media, August 11, 2020
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Article: Galveston Bay Park Idea earns top honors in Houston 2020 Visions competition
 Bay Area Community Impact Newspaper, August 5, 2020

Article: Galveston Bay Park is a ‘vision’ of Houston’s future
Rice News, August 3, 2020
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Article: How two Houstonians are turning a pandemic into poetry
Houston Chronicle, July 17, 2020
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Photo: Annie Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Contributor

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​Press Release: Gulf Coast Green and Texas Coastal Exchange Announce Partnership
June 16, 2020
Gulf Coast Green and Texas Coastal Exchange Announce Partnership Press Release
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Opinion: We control air pollution from cars, let's control viral air pollution from our mouths
Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2020
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Article : Kinder Morgan pipeline accused of violating Safe Drinking Water act
Hays Free Press News-Dispatch, June 24, 2020
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​Press Release: Texas Coastal Exchange Announces Carbon Capture and Storage Grants For Bottomland Forests and Urban Trees Enabled By Sprint Waste
June 16, 2020
Sprint Waste Carbon Capture Press Release
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Article : COVID-19 Could Hinder Region's Response To A Hurricane or Tropical Storm
Houston Public Media, June 1, 2020
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Press Release: Texas Coastal Exchange Makes Initial Grants to Texas Coastal Landowners For Capture and Storage of Carbon Dioxide
May 18, 2020
TCX Makes Initial Grants Press Release
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Podcast: The Green Wealth That’s in the Texas Prairie
April 18, 2020
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Article : Rice University professor pokes Houston’s energy elite with climate change warnings
The Dallas Morning News, March 5, 2020
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Podcast: Thursday's Show - Flood Resiliency, and Mardi Gras in Galveston
​February 13, 2020
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Article: The Energy Elite Have Started Listening to Their Enemy No. 1 in Houston
Bloomberg Green​, March 3, 2020
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Article and Podcast: Houston's New Resiliency Plan a Good 'First Step,' Expert Says
Houston Matters, February 13, 2020
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Article: Creative Coastal Resiliency Solutions Stressed at Environmental Conference
Victoria Advocate, January 22, 2020

Article: New Houston-Area Rules to Prevent Flooding are 'Obsolete on Arrival' Some Experts Say
Houston Public Media, January 21, 2020

Article: How to Mitigate Flooding
Houstonia, January 1, 2020
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​Article: When It Rains, Houston’s Freeways Flood. One Researcher Wants To Change That
Houston Public Media, November 7, 2019
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