October 11, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: October 11, 2015

Featured METRO Accepts Award for Best Transit Agency in North America (Houston Style Magazine, 10/9/2015) “The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) today received the 2015 ‘Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award’ from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The award was given to METRO at APTA’s annual meeting in San Francisco. The national organization bestows the award annually…

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October 4, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: October 4, 2015

Featured City considers goal to give all residents easy access to parks (Katherine Driessen and Emma Hinchliffe – Houston Chronicle, 9/25/2015) “City parks advocates are charting an ambitious transformation of Houston’s green space to give all residents access to a public park within a half-mile or 10-minute walk of their residence, a lofty goal that would require a massive investment…

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September 30, 2015

Houston Environmental News Update September 30, 2015

It’s always exciting to see an environmental news article in our local media outlets. It feels like such articles are more frequent and more prominent. Today is an excellent example: three above-the-fold, front-page articles about the environment in the Houston Chronicle: EPA limits toxic refinery emissions–New rule will require monitoring of air quality near oil and gas plants, by Susan…

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