Featured Texas to take over greenhouse gas permitting from EPA after long, bitter battle with feds (Ramit Plushnick-Masti – Associated Press, 2/4/2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave Texas authority over greenhouse gas permitting on Tuesday, ending a long, often bitter battle between the federal agency and the state. EPA’s administrator in Dallas, Ron Curry, said he signed the paperwork…
The Rice Farmers Market will have a Valentine’s Special on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Vendors will sell Valentine-themed confections, and Salento will be selling wines and empanadas. This Valentines Day, give a gift that gives back, by adopting an endangered red-crown crane at the Houston Zoo on behalf of your Valentine. The birds are an endangered species. In Chinese mythology, the…
Houston Environmental News Update February 4, 2014 COALITION NOTES Urban Harvest Class: Pruning Your Grapes, Muscadines, Jujubes, Persimmons and Mulberries. Winter is the season for this garden maintenance activity so critical to healthy trees and successful fruit production. Learn by observing an experienced pruner. Winter is the season for this garden maintenance activity so critical to healthy trees and successful…