Featured City considers goal to give all residents easy access to parks (Katherine Driessen and Emma Hinchliffe – Houston Chronicle, 9/25/2015) “City parks advocates are charting an ambitious transformation of Houston’s green space to give all residents access to a public park within a half-mile or 10-minute walk of their residence, a lofty goal that would require a massive investment…
Featured Houston Fortunate to Have Juan Parras as an Environmental Leader (Texas Clean Air Matters, 9/25/2015) “Earlier this month, Juan Parras, founder and director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (Tejas), was recognized as the 2015 recipient of the Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award by the Sierra Club. Juan has worked for decades in Houston and along the Gulf Coast…
Featured Construction Begins on Two Stormwater Detention Basins in the Greens Bayou Watershed (The Tribune, 9/14/2015) “The Harris County Flood Control District has begun construction on two regional stormwater detention basins that will reduce flooding risks and damages in portions of the Greens Bayou watershed in north Harris County. The basins are part of a suite of new flood damage…