Featured Environmental Groups Take On Oil Giant (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 12/14/2010) Environment Texas and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corporation for violating the clean air act by releasing illegal amounts of pollutants into the air. Luke Metzger, the director of Environment Texas, says more than 15,000 people live within a three mile radius of the…
Featured New Plans In The Works For The Big Thicket (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News, 12/06/2010) http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1291611342) The Big Thicket National Preserve is located about ninety miles northeast of Houston. It is a biologically diverse space with over 180 bird species and 50 kinds of reptiles. The Sierra Club wants to safeguard the rare ecosystem and protecting the preserve’s biodiversity…
Featured New Bayou Tour Boat Replaces One Destroyed By Fire (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News, 11/30/2010) After losing their boat to a deliberately lit fire in July, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership is once again offering boat cruises. Their new vessel is called The Spirit of the Bayou. The partnership offers tours to see another side of Houston. http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1291155868 Houston’s bayous…