Featured Study to focus on health of Galveston Bay (Houston Chronicle, 3/6/2014) The Galveston Bay Foundation and Houston Advanced Research Center are partnering to provide residents the new Galveston Bay Report Card that will feature critical information on the health of Galveston Bay. Through a $720,000 grant from Houston Endowment, the Galveston Bay Report Card will provide the public with…
Featured Freight route study comes with environmental commitment (Dug Begley – Houston Chronicle, 2/26/2014) Regional transportation officials Friday approved their part of a $2 million feasibility study for a freight route along the western side of the Houston area, pledging to include environmental groups wary of the road plan in the process. Members of the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s transportation policy…
Featured Shelley: EPA mandate would benefit the lives of all Houstonians (Adrian Shelley – Houston Chronicle, 2/22/2014) We know that ozone pollution is a public health threat in Houston. Now a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggests that threat is greater than previously thought. As a result, the ozone standard is likely to be lowered by the end…