Feaured Guess who’s taking the LEED in Houston office tower design from downtown to the Galleria (Elizabeth Rhodes – Culture Map Houston, 9/11/2015) “Whether you know it or not, we live in one of the Top 5 U.S. cities for the highest percentage of green commercial space in its Central Business District, which is considered to be downtown in Houston….
Featured Houston Argues for Right to Regulate Pollution (Jordan Rudner – The Texas Tribune, 9/2/2015) “Two ordinances passed by the city of Houston to regulate air pollution reflect the spirit of the Texas Clean Air Act and state environmental regulations and should be allowed to stand, lawyers for the city argued on Wednesday before the Texas Supreme Court. The ordinances, passed in…
Featured AgriLife Research study shows population changes cause woodlands encroachment (Texas Water Resources Institute, 8/2015) “Woody plant encroachment is one of the biggest challenges facing rangelands worldwide, but it consistently has been under-measured and poorly understood, according to Dr. Matthew Berg, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research postdoctoral research associate in the Texas A&M University Department of Ecosystem Science and Management….