State officials' repeated failure to act on deeply researched advice for averting grid catastrophes paralleled Texas' years-long non-response to experts' warnings about the dangers of climate change.
Major corporations now face a serious dilemma: stand by federal rejections of climate change and climate action or take steps to adapt to a world where scientists say environmental changes may cost companies billions of dollars in repairs.
Climate change evokes images of people swimming out of their flooded neighborhoods, cars bumper-to-bumper as drivers flee burning homes, merciless sun that dries up rivers and lakes.
Several recent studies suggest that climate change could make the trip tougher for many migratory birds, with shifts in the arrival of spring affecting their ability to fuel up for migration.
