Texas’ new voucher program could affect public school budgets and the resources districts have available to support teachers and students, according to recent analysis.
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether state and local governments can use state law to seek damages from fossil fuel companies for climate-related harms, Rice experts are available to discuss what the case could mean for climate litigation, environmental regulation and corporate accountability.
Leveraging Rice’s deep ties to U.S. space exploration, faculty can analyze the technical, political and physiological implications of recent developments across the space industry.
As the U.S. government reviews a proposal that could advance commercial deep-sea mining, Rice experts are available to discuss the engineering and environmental questions surrounding the emerging industry and whether some critical minerals could instead be recovered from wastewater, electronic waste and other discarded materials.
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to repeal federal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and natural gas-fired power plants and taking a related step aimed at preventing future administrations from imposing similar climate regulations on the power sector.
Baker Institute experts, writing in the Houston Chronicle, warn delayed state report could hinder maternal health policy and leave critical deaths from 2022-23 unexamined