Featured Tompkins: No cheap solutions for species invasions (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle, 03/04/2012) Chinese tallow trees, which are non-native, invasive trees, are the most common tree in the region. These tallow trees account for about 23 percent of all trees in the area according to the Houston Regional Forest report. This species is only one of many invasive species…
Featured Texas cities find it can take a lot of green to be ‘green‘ (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 03/03/2012) Due to hard economic times, some Texas cities are having trouble keeping up with green efforts and policies. For example, College Station recently had to abandon its green-at-all-costs approach to fight global warming because of a lack of funding. However,…
Featured First Big Ozone Wave of 2012 Hits Houston (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News, 03/26/2012) High temperatures, sunshine, and little wind has caused a three-day run of ozone elevations in Houston. March does not usually bring such high ozone, but recently it reached level red. Typically, late May to early June and August to September are the peak periods for…