Title: EPA Urban Heat Island WebcastLocation: onlineLink out: Click hereDescription: Heat islands can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness and mortality, and reducing water quality. In this webcast, learn about the benefits and strategies for taking local action to reduce urban heat islands. Hear from local governments…
Title: Debris Preparedness Workshop 3: Severe Drought and WildfireLocation: H-GAC offices, in conference room A, on the 2nd floor at 3555 Timmons Lane, Houston, TexasLink out: Click hereDescription: Please join us on Thursday, August 2, 2012, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, for the third, and final, of the 2012 debris preparedness workshops, Severe Drought and Wildfire. The workshop will…
Title: Save the Date! Brays Bayou Association Meeting NoticeDescription: *Steven Hupp, Water Quality Director, Bayou Preservation Association, *will be discussing the water quality in the Brays Watershed and in particular the interconnected wet-bottom lakes of the Willow Waterhole Greenway.The water quality is particularly important in its support of birds and fish and, as a subject area for the Environmental Science…