Featured Houston Neighborhoods Are Unique Study Case For Air Pollution (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 4/25/13) A team from Rice University, the University of Houston and the University of Texas Health Science Center will drive around in a mobile lab and measure particulate matter in neighborhoods all over Houston for the next two years. Particulate matter is really tiny —…
Featured $3 Million Federal Grant Fueling Texas A&M Chemist’s Dream for Cheaper Natural Gas Cars (Guidry News, 4/16/13) When it comes to American consumers’ vehicular preferences, Texas A&M University chemist Hongcai Joe Zhou says the choice often boils down to simple economics more so than availability, environment or altruism. Zhou says a more cost-efficient system will be necessary to drive…
Featured How To Make Houston’s Streets Safe For Everyone (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 4/13/13) A complete street is a street designed for everyone to use, drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and mass transit. Jay Crossley with Houston Tomorrow says about 40 percent of Houstonians don’t drive and Houston streets could be safer for everyone. One of the goals of Houston Complete…