Featured As Houston Sprawls, New Roads Proposed For Katy Prairie (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 5/2/2016) “A new plan is under consideration by Harris County, a plan to build or expand miles of roads or “thoroughfares†in and around thousands of acres managed by the Katy Prairie Conservancy in far northwest Harris County. The land plays a crucial role…
5 Things to Know About Communities of Color and Environmental Justice (Jasmine Bell – Center for American Progress, 4/25/2016) “Environmental racism and failing infrastructure have plagued communities of color for decades. The environmental justice movement seeks to rectify the problems created from these issues by ensuring the fair treatment of all people from different races, ethnicities, and incomes with the…
Featured “The new abnormal†– the latest Houston flood disaster’s climate context (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News, 4/20/2016) “This week’s catastrophic flooding in and around Houston – which claimed at least eight lives, officials reported – calls for climate context. It’s way too early, of course, for any scientific analyses of the sort that researchers call ‘attribution studies’ –…