Houston Environmental News Update September 10, 2013 CEC NOTES Upcoming CEC Events New subscribers Become a member COALITION NOTES Deer Park Prairie Can Breathe Forever Now RDA Spotlight Award Program & Lecture EEE, KPC, The Woods Project, and GO Houston to be featured on Eco-ology Texas Power Plants Pollute as much as 45.9 Million Cars The Opposition Speaks: Why the…
Featured Zero Emissions Renaissance Comes To Houston, Of All Places (Nino Marchetti – Earth Techling, 9/3/2013) Smith Electric Vehicles is now involved in a pilot project in the Houston-Galveston, Texas area in collaboration with the Center for Transportation and the Environment replacing diesel delivery vehicles with all-electric medium- and heavy-duty models. Funded in part by a $2.43 million grant from…
Featured Houston air quality continues to improve; Ozone pollution declines despite population growth (EPA News, 8/28/2013) The EPA is proposing to approve the State of Texas’ plan for the Houston area to attain the 1997 standard for ground-level ozone pollution by 2018. This means EPA believes the emissions-cutting measures in the state’s plan have put the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area on track…