Featured Texas cities find it can take a lot of green to be ‘green‘ (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 03/03/2012) Due to hard economic times, some Texas cities are having trouble keeping up with green efforts and policies. For example, College Station recently had to abandon its green-at-all-costs approach to fight global warming because of a lack of funding. However,…
Featured First Big Ozone Wave of 2012 Hits Houston (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News, 03/26/2012) High temperatures, sunshine, and little wind has caused a three-day run of ozone elevations in Houston. March does not usually bring such high ozone, but recently it reached level red. Typically, late May to early June and August to September are the peak periods for…
Featured Houston Audubon fills up pond for migratory birds (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 02/20/2012) Two months ago, there was almost no water in the Clay Bottom Pond on the Bolivar Peninsula, a favorite nesting spot for a large variety of migratory birds including snowy egrets and roseate spoonbills. Houston Audubon decided to take action by buying water from a…