Watch experts in climate, energy and environmental justice discuss extreme weather at The Texas Tribune Festival

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Watch a Texas Tribune Festival conversation featuring Robert Bullard, a distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University; Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy; and Michael Webber, the Josey Centennial professor in energy resources and a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

The conversation, moderated by Tribune reporter Erin Douglas, covered climate change and what can be done to combat it.

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