Featured Houston area accounts for bulk of state water program requests (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 2/5/2015) “Houston, unlike other parts of drought-prone Texas, doesn’t appear in need of water. Rainfall is about normal for this time of year, and its reservoirs are full. But good fortune hasn’t stopped the city and its suburbs from making an aggressive push for…
This week has seen several bills related to water: greywater, rainwater, groundwater, water rights, water basin transfers, water impoundment, water rights… The allocation of funds from various taxes–notably sporting goods and motor vehicles–has cropped up again this week. Other bills relate to the name of the Tx Railroad Commission (How ’bout TX Energy Resources Commission?), traffic lights, motocycles, fourwheelers, SEPs, the TCEQ, alternative fuel, agritourism, metal recycling, hydraulic fracturing, development, and United Nations Agenda 21. Also, the House has finally assigned its members to committees and has begun referring bills to those committees.
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival, hosted by the CEC, was such a big success last week that we are already planning for next year. Mark your calendars for January 28, 2016! Next up: the Greater Houston Environmental Summit on March 3, 2015. We’ll have a trifecta of awesomeness, with amazing speakers, fabulous networking, and scrumptious food. Read on for…