Featured Houston’s newest neighborhood park looks like a million dollars, but it was a long time coming (Clifford Pugh – Culture Map Houston, 8/22/2014) Mayor Annise Parker and other city leaders gathered under the broiling sun on Thursday to dedicate Mandell Park and marvel at how it came about. More than 30 years ago, the city bought the 1.2-acre property…
Featured Houston Plays a Role in Solar Green Energy Movement (Pat Hernandez – Houston Public Media, 8/6/2014) The roof of Houston’s Green Building Resource Center is lined with giant solar panels that help power the building. It’s a facility that promotes solutions to improve the environment. Program Director Steve Stelzer believes solar energy is the wave of the futures. A new…
Featured Correction: Wetlands-Water Reuse story (Houston Chronicle, 8/3/2014) As murky water snakes through a man-made wetland between Dallas and Houston, its shallow ponds of lush vegetation slowly filter out phosphorous and nitrates until, a week later, the water runs clear as a creek into the area drinking supply. The 2,000-acre wetland system in Fairfield converts what is mainly treated wastewater that…