TRAINING IN FRIENDSWOOD FOR COOL CITIES CAMPAIGN
The Sierra Club is getting more cities on board the Cool Cities train!
ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, JUNE 17 – 23
HOUSTON PROPOSAL WOULD EASE FLOODWAY DEVELOPMENT LIMITS Houston Chronicle 6/20/08 City officials are recommending changes in a controversial law that limits development in flood-prone areas known as floodways, easing some restrictions that have prompted protests and lawsuits from affected property owners. HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL GIVES METRO GREEN LIGHT ON 5 RAIL LINES Houston Chronicle 6/19/08 City Council approved an agreement…
GOING GREENER AT THE GROCERY STORY
By Ella Tyler I was more than a little surprised to see a large display promoting the ‘greenness’ of Fiji bottled water at the grocery store. The display explained that Fiji will be carbon negative by 2010, it’s bottled in a better kind of plastic, and the company is helping save the Fijian rain forest.