San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site, a new federal ruling on the endangered whooping cranes, and Rice tackles water pollution. Other headlines: traffic congestion, Gulf oil spill, food deserts, water rights, wind power, and more.
Featured City strikes deals with CenterPoint for LED lights, bike trails All 165,000 of Houston’s streetlights will be converted to more efficient LEDs over the next five years, halving electricity use and cutting air pollution in what Mayor Annise Parker said will be one of the nation’s largest such initiatives. Also on Friday, the city said it had struck a…
Cutting carbon exhaust at Houston airports, Energy Corridor Master Plan, Supreme Court decision on carbon rules disputed by Texas, and much more.