It was a slow week for pre-filing, with only 5 bills of particular environmental interest. House Bills HB 423: Relating to prohibiting the land disposal of computer equipment and certain television equipment. HB 457 : Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. HB 463 :…
Featured Academics aren’t enough – How can we teach character traits? (Zachary Hodges, Duncan Klussmann, Steve Rosencranz – Houston Chronicle, 12/1/2014) “Read Boles, the president of Southwest Shipyard, on the Houston ship channel, is challenged to find shipyard workers who can perform exacting barge repair tasks… he’s not seeing enough applicants he can count on to show up on time,…
The Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) will host a series of public scoping meetings in December 2014 to encourage public participation and feedback in the Storm Surge Suppression Study. Following three major hurricanes, the last of which (Hurricane Ike) was the most expensive in Texas’ history, Governor Perry issued an Executive Order creating the Governor’s…