Daily Dispatch 7/24/24: Progress Texas Endorses VP Kamala Harris, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: After a unanimous decision by our board, all of us at Progress Texas are very proud to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the presidency: https://progresstexas.org/blog/statement-progress-texas-endorses-kamala-harris-president ...VP Harris is scheduled to speak in Houston tomorrow: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/23/kamala-harris-houston-texas-visit-national-convention-american-federation-of-teachers-union/74518494007/ ...While President Joe Biden has rescheduled his visit to UT Austin's LBJ Library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act for Monday: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/07/23/joe-biden-heads-to-texas-on-monday-for-event-commemorating-civil-rights-act/ A study of air quality across the country's national parks finds ozone impacts at New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park, likely due to petroleum extraction activity in Texas' Permian Basin upwind: https://phys.org/news/2024-07-oil-gas-permian-basin-source.html#google_vignette ...While Monday night's 4.9 magnitude earthquake centered around Hermleigh is the strongest ever recorded with direct links to petroleum extraction: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/23/texas-earthquakes-blamed-on-oil-production/74517191007/ ...And parts of the Houston metro are now dramatically sinking due to groundwater and petroleum draws: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/groundwater-crisis-katy-subsidence-rule-of-capture/ See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025 ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org.