atching terrifying radar of what scientists predicted – Irma’s march up the Florida peninsula – a thought occurred about a tranquil and serendipitous observation days earlier. That brilliant day we knew exactly when the sun and moon would intersect – the solar eclipse. Yes, down to the second. Scien...

Congressman Lamar Smith, Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has long been a denier of climate change and mankind’s involvement in accelerating the warming of the climate. C ongressman, you don’t believe in climate change? Two words for you: Harvey Irma

The majority and some of the deepest discussions and debates on Climate Change take place in Congressman Lamar Smith’s Space, Science and Technology Committee. Critics say this forum gives too much time to those in denial, too much time to experts funded by entities benefiting financially from busin...

s it turns out, one of the doors into the international conversation about global warming opens through Hays County. That’s because the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology is U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, a San Antonio native whose district includes big parts of Hays Count...