• 713-524-4CEC (4232)
  • info@cechouston.org

ECONOTES 2013-01-14: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured

  1. Making Houston more bike-friendly: B-cycle gets big-money sponsor, plans big expansion (Whitney Radley – culturemap Houston, 1/9/13)
    Phase II of Houston’s bike share program is set to start in March of this year. This phase will further expand the program within downtown Houston and introduce its membership-driven bike share system to other neighborhoods. The number of bikes will increase from 18 to 200; the number of stations from 3 to 24. This program is designed to help Houston children and families, not only find more convenient transportation, but get healthy and stay healthy through increased, fun physical activity
    http://houston.culturemap.com/
  2. Gulf swallowing Galveston faster than thought (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 1/6/13)
    Rising sea levels are likely to cover the coastal highway on the unprotected west end of Galveston sooner than previously predicted. The $50,000 geological hazard report was prepared for the city by geologists from the University of Texas, Rice University and Texas A&M University but then shelved. The report based its calculation on historic sea level rise and failed to include climate change. Sea levels are rising much faster than previous estimates that accounted for climate change, according to reports released in December by U.S. government scientists and in November by the World Bank.
    http://www.chron.com/
  3. Houston activist chosen for EPA post (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 1/11/13)
    Matthew Tejada, who has led Air Alliance Houston for five years, will start as director of the Office of Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C., in March. Tejada, 33, is moving to the agency after helping organize low-income and minority communities in Houston and across Texas to address concerns over air pollution. Tejada also helped launch a website that allows Houstonians to see smog levels at specific locations in real time. He also worked to reduce the amount of tiny particles in the air around the Port of Houston.
    http://www.chron.com/

EcoNotes

Skip to content