Not only is Earth Month in full swing, today is National Walking Day, and National Volunteer Week starts on Sunday. We’ll be highlighting volunteer and earth month events in the next two newsletters, so please send information to news@cechouston.org. Speaking of volunteering… Do you love our newsletter? Are you committed to connecting our environmental community? Do you want to make…
Featured The Way We Currently Monitor Air Pollution Near the Ship Channel Sucks, Researchers Say (Dianna Wray – Houston Press, 3/28/2016) “Houston is the petrochemical epicenter of the United States, possibly the world. Yet we have no idea what chemicals the people who live near the industrial tangle of pipelines, train tracks, refineries and chemical plants along the Houston Ship Channel have to breathe…
Features Stressed Texas Rivers Could Mean Too Little Water For Galveston Bay (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 3/22/2016) “Galveston Bay took a hit back in 2011 during the big drought. So little freshwater was coming into the bay from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers that it became saltier than what sea creatures consider ideal. ‘One of the key…