CEC is excited to be participating in several upcoming events that are being presented by coalitions of our member groups. One of these events is coming up next week: the first ever People + Nature Conference, being presented October 20-22, 2015, by the Katy Prairie Conservancy, Houston Tomorrow, the Shell Center for Sustainability, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Texas…
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…
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…