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Growing Houston’s Green

CEC Discussion Roundtable on Parks, Trails and Increasing Green Space within the City Limits was held on Tuesday, September 18. This meeting was not just for parks groups — topics included info about new developments, land acquisitions, and plans for parks, bayou greenway initiatives, trails, the upcoming parks referendum, current program plans among CEC member groups, and more. A lot…

ECONOTES 2012-10-08: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured NRG makes a breathtakingly bad proposal – Opinion (Houston Chronicle, 10/3/2012) NRG Energy is proposing a new cap-and-trade deal for pollution credits. NRG would like to build a power plant that would release 53 tons of volatile organic compounds into Houston-area air, but they cannot afford the credits for these emissions. Now the they have asked the Texas Commission…

Hazardous Item Drop-off

Title: Hazardous Item Drop-offLocation: Gulf Greyhound ParkLink out: Click hereDescription: The city of Dickinson, through a grant funded by H-GAC and the TCEQ, in partnership with Gulf Greyhound Park, the cities of League City and Texas City, Galveston County, the County Health District and Keep Dickinson Beautiful, will host a free drop-off event at Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque…