Featured New website evaluates environmental impact of projects in State Water Plan; Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down Ratings Given to Highlighted Projects (Environment Texas, 2/26/2015) “Environment Texas Research and Policy Center launched a new website today designed to help educate Texans about the environmental impacts of projects in the State Water Plan. The interactive website – www.OurTexasWater.org – allows Texans…
Featured The Holdouts (Priscilla Mosqueda – Texas Observer, 2/16/2015) “When the landman comes knocking, most people living in the Texas oil patch experience something like joy, or at least sweet relief. Here’s someone offering you money up front and the promise of hefty royalty checks in exchange for producing oil and 
gas from the ground… Landmen are agents of oil…
Featured Will A New Waste Facility Help Or Hurt A Houston Neighborhood? (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 2/16/2015) “Houston is leading the nation in construction of new office buildings, not to mention the thousands of homes and apartments going up. The result isn’t just a lot of shiny new buildings. It’s a lot of leftover building material and demolition…