Featured Metzger, Smith: Our water infrastructure isn’t up to task to handle pollution (Luke Metzger and Sara Smith – Houston Chronicle, 11/20/2015) “Last month, more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage overflowed across Houston, the result of Halloween weekend rains swamping the sewage system. The sheer volume of stormwater transmitted by roads and parking lots into sewers overwhelmed the…
Featured Conservation efforts extended on almost 2,000 acres of Galveston Bay coastal habitat (Marissa Barnett – The Galveston County Daily News, 11/21/2015) “A local environmental group successfully protected more than 1,700 acres of wetland and prairie habitat near Smith Point in an effort to provide habitat for bird species, fish and certain Gulf crustaceans. The Galveston Bay Foundation purchased a…
Featured Environmental Group May Have Overstated Power Plant Pollution (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 11/13/2015) “Back in September, the Texas chapter of the environmental group, the Sierra Club, said it had done its own analysis of pollution data from the Parish Power Plant. The huge plant burns tons of coal a day. It’s owned by NRG and sits on…