Featured Will Electric Cars Strain the Texas Grid? (Terrence Henry – StateImpact, 02/15/2012) Electric vehicles are becoming more appealing as gas prices rise. However, a rising number of electric vehicles will increase the energy demand on an already-strained electric grid in Texas. This reliance on power plants means that although the cars have fewer emissions, they are still using fossil…
Featured The Greening of Houston (Anthony Flint – The Atlantic Cities, 02/03/2012) In a city known for being the capital of fossil fuels, Buffalo Bayou infrastructure remains fundamentally green. The Buffalo Bayou Partnership has helped to frame the goals, provide the management of 6,400 acres, and plan the parks and facility improvements along Buffalo Bayou. Flooding and storm surges, both…
Featured Forest Service sales try to salvage drought-stricken timber (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 02/03/2012) Thousands of acres of the Sam Houston National Forest’s pine trees are dead or dying because of the drought. Forest officials have decided to cut some of the trees and harvest the wood before it rots, which is called salvage logging. Salvage logging is a…