Featured Opposition grows against making marsh from ship channel sludge (Cindy Horswell – Houston Chronicle, 07/04/2012) A proposed marsh is part of the plan to deepen and widen the Bayport Channel to accommodate much larger container ships. The new marsh would be a depository site for the dredged material. Environmentalists are worried that it will be like open bay dumping…
Featured Pastoral neighborhood thrives inside Loop (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle, 07/02/2012) Japhet Community is a small neighborhood inside the Loop, in which all the residents work together to live in a way that is less dependent on the commercial world. Residents tend to embrace the values associated with a more sustainable, self-sufficient lifestyle. People grow their own food and…
Featured End drain on Metro money and improve lifestyles (Opinion – Houston Chronicle, 6/24/2012)Â Submitters include representatives of the following CEC member groups: Texas Coastal Watershed Program, Houston Tomorrow, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Houston Sierra Club, Bayou Preservation Association, Air Alliance Houston, Bayou Preservation Association, Bike Houston, AIA Houston, Coastal Prairie Partnership, USGBC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Emerging Professionals, Citizens’…