Satellite Telemetry Used To Study BP Oil Spill Effects on Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. Impact on World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtle Studied on Land, at Sea, in Labs Padre Island National Seashore, Texas – The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees this week offered a glimpse into the world of scientists working to assess injuries caused by the…
Featured Opposition grows against making marsh from ship channel sludge (Cindy Horswell – Houston Chronicle, 07/04/2012) A proposed marsh is part of the plan to deepen and widen the Bayport Channel to accommodate much larger container ships. The new marsh would be a depository site for the dredged material. Environmentalists are worried that it will be like open bay dumping…
CEC is hosting a Forum for CEC member groups and friends to learn more about and discuss Metro’s continuing allocation of 25 percent of transit taxes for ‘general mobility,’ and the likely environmental impacts of their decision. Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Location: United Way Community Resource Center, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007 Admission: Free…