Featured Facing budget gap, city may consider garbage fee (Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle, 7/25/2014) For years, Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department Director Harry Hayes has suggested the city implement a garbage fee to expand curbside recycling and pay for other initiatives. And for years, Mayor Annise Parker has demurred. Now, with a looming budget deficit that could force widespread layoffs…
Featured Outlook: More transit choices critical if city to remain low-cost place to live (Michael Skelly – Houston Chronicle, 7/27/2014) The obvious stakes are the Houston values of embracing innovation and fostering competition. While it’s little solace if you are sitting in traffic, exciting innovations in transportation are making their way to the land of endless freeways. www.houstonchronicle.com LETTER: The…
Featured Researchers gauge seaweed fouling beaches (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 7/18/2014) Students from Texas A&M University at Galveston have been measuring the amount of seaweed landing on Galveston beaches in front of the seawall since April. The students are trying to answer two questions: How much seaweed has arrived in Galveston this season, and how long will it take the…