by Eduardo de la Garza This is the second in a three-part series about Earth Day. The next two parts deal with Green Mountain Energy Earth Day — in partnership with Citizens’ Environmental Coalition and featuring Houston Public Works Water Festival — on April 22 at Discovery Green. In 1936, Bob Nolan wrote the country song “Cool Water,†about a…
by Eduardo de la Garza This is the first in a three-part series about Earth Day. The next few weeks will deal with Green Mountain Energy Earth Day — in partnership with Citizens’ Environmental Coalition and featuring Houston Public Works Water Festival — to be held April 22 at Discovery Green. On January 28, 1969, the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil…
by Eduardo de la Garza Brooks County, one of the poorest counties in Texas, sits little more than an hour away from the Mexican border. Southwest of Corpus Christi, Brooks County is home to Falfurrias, with a population just less than 4,800. Less than 10 percent of the county is considered farmable and much of the area is dry, brushy,…