Featured Conservation efforts extended on almost 2,000 acres of Galveston Bay coastal habitat (Marissa Barnett – The Galveston County Daily News, 11/21/2015) “A local environmental group successfully protected more than 1,700 acres of wetland and prairie habitat near Smith Point in an effort to provide habitat for bird species, fish and certain Gulf crustaceans. The Galveston Bay Foundation purchased a…
Featured Environmental Group May Have Overstated Power Plant Pollution (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 11/13/2015) “Back in September, the Texas chapter of the environmental group, the Sierra Club, said it had done its own analysis of pollution data from the Parish Power Plant. The huge plant burns tons of coal a day. It’s owned by NRG and sits on…
Please join the CEC in honoring and thanking all who served in the United States Armed Forces. We give extra thanks to those veterans who have been part of environmental programs within the U.S. Armed Services and in their communities. With well over a million employees and extensive land holdings, the US Military has a tremendous impact on the environment, including being…