Featured A fear of fracking may slow natural gas trend (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle, 03/09/2011) Fracking has conservationists and environmentalists concerned about the water demand associated with the process as well as the possibility of natural gas escaping from the wells and chemicals tainting nearby water sources. These risks may hurt the industry as the opposition grows. Horizontal…
Featured Study: ‘Prairie potholes’ fill need (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 03/06/2011) A study shows that at least 17% of the water in the inland ponds known as “prairie potholes” in wetlands reach a navigable waterway within four years. Over the last decade, Texas, and Harris County in particular, has lost thousands of acres of wetlands. These wetlands help filter…
Featured TPC delays vote on bike/ped funding cuts (Vilas Bhuchar – Houston Tomorrow, 03/01/2011) The Houston – Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council voted on Friday morning to delay by 30 days its vote on a $12.8 million cut in funding toward bike and pedestrian projects already in the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), to allow time to gather further…