ExxonMobil joins trend toward carbon pricing in business plans
The piece notes ExxonMobil and other major firms now factoring a carbon tax into long range planning, signaling a shift from past denial to pragmatic support for market-based climate action. It cites CDP North America data, public opinion, and regulatory momentum as drivers, urging Congress to act.
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Where to write your lawmakers in Texas and DC
A list of contact addresses and phone numbers for Texas and federal lawmakers. Includes U S senators Cornyn and Ted Cruz, House member Stockman, and state officials Garcia and Smith, with P O boxes and office locations in Austin Houston Baytown and Washington DC.
Thank you to Baytown good Samaritans
Judy Butler and Rochelle and Stella Rockeco of Moss Point Mississippi thank two Baytown residents, a mother and son, who stopped to help after a flat near Ford Arena. They changed the tire, helped repack luggage, and followed to a tire store as they traveled from Seabrook to Mississippi. The note thanks Baytown for caring people during Christmas.
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Poverty memory of a boy and his family in Baytown
Fernando Rafael Ivaguirre Jr recalls childhood poverty in Baytown. He describes wearing the same shoes for years, a dog eating laces, and soccer in fields with friends. His mother worked two jobs feeding the family rice and beans, and their bond mattered most.
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Fernando Rafael Ivaguirre Jr
Baytown
Are Christmas cards a fading holiday tradition
Jane Lee, contributing writer for The Sun, reflects on the decline of Christmas card sending amid digital sharing trends, postage costs, and environmental concerns. She recalls 1960s and 1970s card volumes from her family, values the personal touch of known recipients, and laments unfamiliar photos on modern cards while noting some cards lack return addresses or names.
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December 19 Highlights From History 1843 to 1998
On this day in 1843 Dickens published A Christmas Carol in England. Washington led 11,000 troops to Valley Forge for winter camp. Fort Niagara fell in 1813. In 1932 BBC Empire Service began overseas broadcasts to Australia. In 1946 Ho Chi Minh attacked French forces in Indochina. In 1998 Clinton impeached by House, later acquitted. Thought by Menninger on Dickens.
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