Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea is a traveling art exhibit currently on display in Galveston that features sculptures made entirely of plastic collected from beaches. They’re grand sculptures of sea creatures and their undersea habitats, most measuring more than six-feet tall. Their scale, detail, and colors are certain to catch your eye, but don’t miss the message! These…
The White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) Justice40 Initiative aims to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution. Through multiple Federal funding programs, federal agencies are working to increase investment and advance environmental justice in those communities — and identifying those areas…
This past Sunday, the City of Houston issued a boil water notice, citing power issues and the failure of two transformers at the East Water Purification Plant. By Tuesday morning, the notice was lifted but the news captured the attention of Houston-Area residents — after all, this is the second city-wide boil water issue in less than two years. City…