Featured Jacinto City passes anti-idling ordinance (airCurrent News, 2/17/2016) “Last week the City of Jacinto City, Texas became the third Houston-area city to pass an ordinance banning heavy truck idling. Jacinto City joins Galena Park and Houston among the cities that are saying ‘No!’ to deadly diesel emissions. Air Alliance Houston has been advocating for anti-idling ordinances in Houston for…
Featured Removing derelict crab traps saves marine life (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle, 2/7/2016) “Since 2002, volunteers mucking around in the winter-chilled shallows of Texas coastal bays over a 10-day period each February have, conservatively, saved 2 million blue crabs and untold millions of other marine life from dying wholly wasteful deaths. They have done it by removing more than…
Featured What Happened To Houston’s ‘One Bin For All’ Program? (Michael Hagerty – Houston Matters) “The One Bin For All recycling campaign seems to have stalled. The Parker administration issued a report in late December indicating no company has been found to handle sorting; the Turner administration does not appear to be focused on it. If the One Bin For All…