Luke Metzger
@lukemetzger.bsky.social
Executive Director of Environment Texas www.EnvironmentTexas.org
Senior Advisor, TexPIRG
#txlege #ActOnClimate
Senior Advisor, TexPIRG
#txlege #ActOnClimate
This is our world now :(
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is our world now :(
Perhaps unpopular opinion- Cybertrucks are ugly and I’d never buy one, but they’re all electric, so I respect their drivers more than I do of gas guzzling SUVs.
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Perhaps unpopular opinion- Cybertrucks are ugly and I’d never buy one, but they’re all electric, so I respect their drivers more than I do of gas guzzling SUVs.
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“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
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Friday (11/7) #bcstx topped off at 87° -- the THIRD WARMEST in 143 years of record keeping.
🔴 Unusual, near-record warmth made at least TWICE as likely due to human-caused climate change.
This trend? Already playing out in real-time
• 2023 & 2024 — tied #1
• 2022, 2018 — tied #3
🔴 Unusual, near-record warmth made at least TWICE as likely due to human-caused climate change.
This trend? Already playing out in real-time
• 2023 & 2024 — tied #1
• 2022, 2018 — tied #3
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Friday (11/7) #bcstx topped off at 87° -- the THIRD WARMEST in 143 years of record keeping.
🔴 Unusual, near-record warmth made at least TWICE as likely due to human-caused climate change.
This trend? Already playing out in real-time
• 2023 & 2024 — tied #1
• 2022, 2018 — tied #3
🔴 Unusual, near-record warmth made at least TWICE as likely due to human-caused climate change.
This trend? Already playing out in real-time
• 2023 & 2024 — tied #1
• 2022, 2018 — tied #3
We’ll miss you, Speaker Pelosi! Thank you for all you did for the climate. (Photo from 2007)
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We’ll miss you, Speaker Pelosi! Thank you for all you did for the climate. (Photo from 2007)
The Zavala Elementary PTA is working to raise $7500 this year to support our sweet little east Austin school. We need new chairs for the library, we want to restore some of the field trips which were cut this year in a budget-saving measure, and more. Can you pitch in? Thank you!
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Zavala Elementary PTA is working to raise $7500 this year to support our sweet little east Austin school. We need new chairs for the library, we want to restore some of the field trips which were cut this year in a budget-saving measure, and more. Can you pitch in? Thank you!
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🏞️ A massive new state park, spanning 54,000 acres, could soon reshape outdoor life in Texas. Here's where: bit.ly/3WxVTha
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🏞️ A massive new state park, spanning 54,000 acres, could soon reshape outdoor life in Texas. Here's where: bit.ly/3WxVTha
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Sunset at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas
Second largest canyon in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only to the Grand Canyon.
Also the site where the last Indian wars in Texas were held, Comanche & Kiowa vs. US Cavalry.
Photo from: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2024
Second largest canyon in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only to the Grand Canyon.
Also the site where the last Indian wars in Texas were held, Comanche & Kiowa vs. US Cavalry.
Photo from: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2024
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sunset at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas
Second largest canyon in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only to the Grand Canyon.
Also the site where the last Indian wars in Texas were held, Comanche & Kiowa vs. US Cavalry.
Photo from: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2024
Second largest canyon in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only to the Grand Canyon.
Also the site where the last Indian wars in Texas were held, Comanche & Kiowa vs. US Cavalry.
Photo from: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2024
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The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
If you like Caddo Lake State Park, you can thank Lady Bird Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor. In 1934 Thomas donated to the state about two-thirds of the land (some 385 acres) composing the park.
This lovely photo taken by Louis Vest.
If you like Caddo Lake State Park, you can thank Lady Bird Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor. In 1934 Thomas donated to the state about two-thirds of the land (some 385 acres) composing the park.
This lovely photo taken by Louis Vest.
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
If you like Caddo Lake State Park, you can thank Lady Bird Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor. In 1934 Thomas donated to the state about two-thirds of the land (some 385 acres) composing the park.
This lovely photo taken by Louis Vest.
If you like Caddo Lake State Park, you can thank Lady Bird Johnson's father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor. In 1934 Thomas donated to the state about two-thirds of the land (some 385 acres) composing the park.
This lovely photo taken by Louis Vest.
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I led most of my TX colleagues in opposition to Trump's recent effort to deny and unravel basic climate science.
Preventing EPA from acknowledging that greenhouse gas emissions harm our health will prevent us from maintaining modest climate action or taking necessary steps to cut emissions further.
Preventing EPA from acknowledging that greenhouse gas emissions harm our health will prevent us from maintaining modest climate action or taking necessary steps to cut emissions further.
September 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I led most of my TX colleagues in opposition to Trump's recent effort to deny and unravel basic climate science.
Preventing EPA from acknowledging that greenhouse gas emissions harm our health will prevent us from maintaining modest climate action or taking necessary steps to cut emissions further.
Preventing EPA from acknowledging that greenhouse gas emissions harm our health will prevent us from maintaining modest climate action or taking necessary steps to cut emissions further.
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“On Sept. 20, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case.”
Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“On Sept. 20, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case.”
Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
“Hendricks said his top priorities will be to push for expanding Texas' clean-energy portfolio” ❤️
I serve with Jeremy on the Bond Election Advisory Task Force and know he’ll be a terrific state rep.
www.statesman.com/news/politic...
I serve with Jeremy on the Bond Election Advisory Task Force and know he’ll be a terrific state rep.
www.statesman.com/news/politic...
Labor leader Jeremy Hendricks joins race for James Talarico's House seat
The first-time candidates has secured the backing of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and other high-profile Austin Democrats.
www.statesman.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Hendricks said his top priorities will be to push for expanding Texas' clean-energy portfolio” ❤️
I serve with Jeremy on the Bond Election Advisory Task Force and know he’ll be a terrific state rep.
www.statesman.com/news/politic...
I serve with Jeremy on the Bond Election Advisory Task Force and know he’ll be a terrific state rep.
www.statesman.com/news/politic...
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These are terrible people.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
These are terrible people.
I’ve been in Denver all week helping train new staff for Environment America, PIRG and The Public Interest Network. These talented folks will spread out across the country tomorrow to work for the environment, consumers, democracy and more!
September 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’ve been in Denver all week helping train new staff for Environment America, PIRG and The Public Interest Network. These talented folks will spread out across the country tomorrow to work for the environment, consumers, democracy and more!
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Thousands of Texans live near major methane leaks.
New map shows where Texas oil leaks could be harming your health
Thousands of Texans live near major methane leaks.
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August 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thousands of Texans live near major methane leaks.
“Polystyrene can break down and can both litter and create an eyesore in our parks and rivers, but ... when they're small [the particles] can be mistaken by wildlife for food, and that can cause, serious harm to an animal, a bird a fish, or a turtle,” said Luke Metzger, ED of Environment Texas
For many who live and work around the San Pedro Creek in downtown San Antonio, there has been a light, intermittent flurry of white particles falling through the air in recent days.
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
August 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Polystyrene can break down and can both litter and create an eyesore in our parks and rivers, but ... when they're small [the particles] can be mistaken by wildlife for food, and that can cause, serious harm to an animal, a bird a fish, or a turtle,” said Luke Metzger, ED of Environment Texas
I was so pleased with the name I came up with for a newsletter - Wild About Texas. Turns out it’s copyrighted. ☹️ Suggestions for alternative names?
August 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I was so pleased with the name I came up with for a newsletter - Wild About Texas. Turns out it’s copyrighted. ☹️ Suggestions for alternative names?
Sam Houston National Forest offers “Texans a chance to hike, camp, fish and simply experience the quiet beauty of nature just an hour from the city. It’s far more important to keep these areas intact than to carve new roads or squeeze out a little more timber” t.co/EEkQzofwVj
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/sam-houston-forest-logging-roads-21018298.php?taid=68af94fc0947530001533baa&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source...
t.co
August 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sam Houston National Forest offers “Texans a chance to hike, camp, fish and simply experience the quiet beauty of nature just an hour from the city. It’s far more important to keep these areas intact than to carve new roads or squeeze out a little more timber” t.co/EEkQzofwVj
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"This forest provides a habitat for... over 100 birds, such as the endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. Allowing logging & developing on 4,000 acres that are currently protected would damage their habitat." - Read more by @lukemetzger.bsky.social & Drew Francis: environmentamerica.org/texas/center...
The Roadless Rule could be revoked: How will this affect Texas’s forests?
The U.S. Forest Service has announced plans to remove a key environmental protection, opening wild areas in our national forests to additional logging and development.
environmentamerica.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"This forest provides a habitat for... over 100 birds, such as the endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. Allowing logging & developing on 4,000 acres that are currently protected would damage their habitat." - Read more by @lukemetzger.bsky.social & Drew Francis: environmentamerica.org/texas/center...
The climate revolving fund is eliminated entirely in Mayor Watson’s tax increase proposal. :( #atxcouncil
August 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The climate revolving fund is eliminated entirely in Mayor Watson’s tax increase proposal. :( #atxcouncil
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We need more housing.
Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities.
Let's get this done.
Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities.
Let's get this done.
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We need more housing.
Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities.
Let's get this done.
Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities.
Let's get this done.
If we’re going to raise taxes, I sure hope more than 0.5% of the money goes to tackle climate change, the most profound challenge of our times! 550k for a climate revolving fund is hardly inspiring @mikesiegeltx.bsky.social @zoforaustin.bsky.social assets.austintexas.gov/austincounci...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If we’re going to raise taxes, I sure hope more than 0.5% of the money goes to tackle climate change, the most profound challenge of our times! 550k for a climate revolving fund is hardly inspiring @mikesiegeltx.bsky.social @zoforaustin.bsky.social assets.austintexas.gov/austincounci...
Heavenly power
Vatican to become the world's first carbon-neutral state.
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state
Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a plot of land north of Rome into a solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City.
apnews.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Heavenly power
My 18 year old son wants an e bike - any recommendations for a solid budget bike? We’d love to use the Austin Energy rebate, but it only applies to local shops where prices are a lot higher. I have a Radpower I love, but he’s looking for something in the $500-600 range.
August 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My 18 year old son wants an e bike - any recommendations for a solid budget bike? We’d love to use the Austin Energy rebate, but it only applies to local shops where prices are a lot higher. I have a Radpower I love, but he’s looking for something in the $500-600 range.