Featured The Buffalo Bayou Partnership Wants to Take You Underground (Brandon Zech – Glasstire, 3/16/2016) “Houston’s Buffalo Bayou has been undergoing a major renovation for the past few years. Along with new and improved walking trails, community gathering spaces, and a nature park, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has been commissioning artists to create public art along a ten mile stretch of the bayou. We reported last…
Featured U.S. Army Corps: There’s ‘Misinformation’ About Houston’s High Risk Dams (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 3/10/2016) “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was updating residents on a massive, $75 million dollar project to repair and upgrade two dams holding back water in the Addicks and the neighboring Barker Reservoirs. They’re among six most critically in need of repair…
Featured New research magnifies concerns about sea-level impacts in coastal areas (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News, 3/6/2016) “With 367 miles of Gulf coastline (and 3,359 miles of total coastline, including tidal inlets), Texas is unquestionably susceptible to sea-level rise and associated hazards that climate change is aggravating, especially storm-driven flooding. That much has been accepted by scientists for some time….