Featured Removing derelict crab traps saves marine life (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle, 2/7/2016) “Since 2002, volunteers mucking around in the winter-chilled shallows of Texas coastal bays over a 10-day period each February have, conservatively, saved 2 million blue crabs and untold millions of other marine life from dying wholly wasteful deaths. They have done it by removing more than…
You have a day to recover after Valentine’s Day* before another emotion-laden ritual begins: early voting for primary elections. If you aren’t sick of politics yet, you can learn more from the League of Women Voters of the Houston Area (check out their video about the Primary Process in Texas), VoteTexas.org, or your local county clerk/chief elections officer. Remember, your…
Featured What Happened To Houston’s ‘One Bin For All’ Program? (Michael Hagerty – Houston Matters) “The One Bin For All recycling campaign seems to have stalled. The Parker administration issued a report in late December indicating no company has been found to handle sorting; the Turner administration does not appear to be focused on it. If the One Bin For All…