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,…
by Eduardo de la Garza Buffalo Bayou moves slowly along, its waters joining with White Oak, Brays, Sims, and Greens Bayous before emptying into the Houston Ship Channel and further down into Galveston Bay. It’s been here for 18,000 years, long before the Allen brothers traveled south from New York. And as a living river, its health is just as…