Featured Tighter smog limits would force stricter controls in Houston (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 11/26/2014) “Houston and large parts of Texas and the nation would need to clamp down harder on smog-forming pollution under a stricter standard proposed by the Obama administration Wednesday… The proposed rule also could affect smaller towns and rural areas for the first time. Some…
Legislators must have been thinking about traveling over the holidays, because most of the environment-oriented prefiled bills were about transportation (fuel tax, vehicle registration fees, and–notably–unprotected road users such as cyclists and pedestrians). The exception relates to storage of hazardous chemicals. In all, seven environmental bills were filed last week. House Bills HB 383: Relating to unprotected road users; providing…
It took more than 6 years for Artist Boat and partners to protect the 360-acre Coastal Heritage Preserve on West Bay in Galveston, but thanks to a grant from NFWF, they have the last piece of the puzzle. Other news: struggling sea turtles, graywater, HARC’s new building, Keystone, and the pros and cons of the Clean Energy Plan.