Featured Houston Fortunate to Have Juan Parras as an Environmental Leader (Texas Clean Air Matters, 9/25/2015) “Earlier this month, Juan Parras, founder and director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (Tejas), was recognized as the 2015 recipient of the Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award by the Sierra Club. Juan has worked for decades in Houston and along the Gulf Coast…
Last time Houston saw a lunar eclipse, in April, nobody told me about it beforehand, and I was disappointed not to know. (Lucky for me, I was out for a jog at dark-thirty in the morning, and managed to see it.) I don’t want you to think that CEC didn’t give you adequate warning, so I’m telling you now about…
With elections coming up for Houston City Council this year, many CEC member groups are hosting forums, debates, conversations, and organizing questionnaires. We’ll add information as it it available. Here’s a rundown of forums of which we know being hosted by CEC member organizations: Mayoral Candidate Forum–Plan Houston: A Roadmap to Success. Saturday, September 26, 2015, 9:00 AM at the…