Featured Green builders take root (David Kaplan – Houston Chronicle, 04/03/2011) The Houston home building community has started to embrace the green movement. Green homes can take into account energy efficiency, health and indoor air quality, use of recycled buildings, and more. These homes may initially cost more money to build, but they add up more than that through energy…
Featured Al Armendariz: Regional administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (Texas Climate News, 03/29/2011) Al Armendariz, as the regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s five-state Region 6, is in the center of the controversy involving environmental initiatives. Texas, alone, has refused to implement the new climate rules or even cooperate with the EPA. Al Armendariz was interviewed about the situation. http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=1528…
Featured Historic Houston’s Salvage Warehouse may close (Marci Gilbert – Houston Tomorrow, 03/18/2011) Historic Houston’s Salvage Warehouse announced that it may close unless it can raise more funds. Historic Houston’s Salvage Program and Salvage Warehouse serve the community by reclaiming and reusing historic building materials in order to reduce construction waste and prevent it from entering the landfills. http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/historic-houstons-salvage-warehouse-closes New…