By Ella Tyler A man-made freshwater/tidal marsh beside Braes Bayou at Mason Park, on Houston’s east side, is featured in Building Better II, a Sierra Club report concerning ten outstanding examples of innovative and environmentally sensitive methods of managing stormwater.
By Ella Tyler Last Sunday afternoon, there was not much traffic on the Houston Ship Channel. A few huge ships were moored and one was being guided up the channel. Mothers For Clean Air organized this trip so that passengers could get a close-up look at chemical plants, but floating trash and sea gulls also competed for my attention.
Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, John Sullivan of the Sealy Center for Public Health and Medicine and Bryan Parras of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services were sent to Louisiana to meet with community leaders to find out how the National Institute for Environmental Health could collaborate with local groups.