The big news for the week: the House has filed House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill. You’ll want to read this if you are interested in funding for TPWD, TCEQ, the GLO, and other environment-related programs. Other legislation proposed relates to motor buses, Cenozoic Era reservoirs, motor vehicle sales tax and registration fees, cemeteries, eminent domain, metal recycling, storage…
Featured Will A New Waste Facility Help Or Hurt A Houston Neighborhood? (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 2/16/2015) “Houston is leading the nation in construction of new office buildings, not to mention the thousands of homes and apartments going up. The result isn’t just a lot of shiny new buildings. It’s a lot of leftover building material and demolition…
As you know, the Houston region always has too many environmental events to keep track of, and this newsletter is here to help. CEC itself doesn’t host many of those events, but we have three coming up that we want to make sure you know about: The Greater Houston Environmental Summit–March 3, 2015 State Park Funding Event: Support Truth in…