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Green Grants & More Deadlines

25 June City and County Applications for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/#lg7 29 June Preliminary Information due for United Way’s Community Development Block Grant http://nonprofitconnection.unitedwayhouston.org/default/cbgbrochure2009uwghsmall.pdf 9 October High School Students Invited to Submit Entries for Green Your School Contest http://www.thesca.org/green-your-school 2 November Youth Garden Grants from National Gardening Association http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp No Date Wetlands Reserve Program for…

Environmental Headlines

17 June Perry takes aim at CO2 regulation (again) (Texas Climate News) http://www.texasclimatenews.org/TCNJournal/61909PerrytakesaimatCO2regulation/tabid/929/Default.aspx Houston-Galveston Area Council published notes from public meetings (Houston Tomorrow) http://www.houstontomorrow.org/initiatives/story/h-gac-tac-june-17-2009/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=612f30d8db-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0062209&utm_medium=email Federal report predicts dire climate consequences (Houston Tomorrow) http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/federal-report-predicts-dire-climate-change-consequences/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=612f30d8db-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0062209&utm_medium=email

Weekly Events

Thursdays Native Plant Society:  (Third Thursdays 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm) http://www.npsot.org\houston Fridays Bat Presentations at the Waugh Street Bridge (first and third Fridays 20 minutes before sunset) http://community-2.webtv.net/masternaturalist/THEWAUGHBATMONITOR/ Buffalo Bayou Bat Tours (second and fourth Fridays 6:30 to 8:00 pm) http://www.buffalobayou.org/boattours.html