Awareness of the Effects of the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. Tom Weis and Ron Seifert are riding their rocket bikes all the way down from the Canadian border to Port Arthur and Houston to raise awareness of the folly of Transcanada’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. They are in East Texas now, riding the route of the pipeline. The pipeline is…
Reading Towards Sustainability. This event provides attendees with a list of books on the subject of sustainability. The speaker, Steve Stelzer, will present converging ideas and contrasts from a cross section of the books to give the audience an idea of the community effect of authors concerned about the state of the human race and what we need to do…
Addicks Dam/Grand Parkway Litigation.The hearing for a preliminary injunction on Segment E of the Grand Parkway was held on November 16th. The case, Sierra Club vs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers et.al., is centered on the increased risks resulting from the additional runoff into the Addicks Reservoir that would be generated from the Segment E construction and secondary development in…