Featured Water Conservation is key to accommodating growth (John Jacob – Houston Chronicle, 08/24/2011) Houston has been forced to enact mandatory water conservation due to scarce resources, and the city is expected to grow by 4 million people in the next three to four decades. The state-mandated Region H water-planning group believes that there is more than enough water to…
Featured Plants threaten health of Texas (The Galveston County Daily News, 08/24/2011) According to researchers, invasive plants and animals are taking over Texas wetlands and prairies and threatening the ecological and economic health of Texas. Invasive species can cause the extinction of native species through direct competition, disease or indirect changes to the local ecosystem. Once invasive species become established,…
Featured How Sologen’s plan to turn abandoned oil and gas wells into geothermal power producers could replace coal power in Texas (Greg Harmen – The Current, 08/10/2011) Texas is in need of power, especially after experiencing record-setting energy use this summer. Researchers are now advocating for geothermal energy, as they believe that it could replace coal power. This would be…