CONGRESS STILL STALLED ON OIL PLANS AS IT ADJOURNS FOR BREAK Houston Chronicle 7/25/08 With pump prices hovering near all-time highs and voters demanding action from Washington, Congress seems certain to leave town for its summer vacation next week without taking steps to deal with the nation’s energy crisis. REPORT: TEXAS DRIVERS SPEND 6 PERCENT OF INCOME ON GASOLINE Houston…
By Ella Tyler I am intrigued by the idea of attending a Radical Urban Sustainability Training workshop led by the Rhizome Collective, an urban sustainability and community organizing project based in Austin, but I haven’t done it yet. I’m attached to my deed-restricted lifestyle, and doubt that I’d learn anything I could use.
CRITICS: HOUSTON’S ANTI-SMOG PLAN TOO FOCUSED ON OZONE Houston Chronicle 7/16/08 Texas will spend the next five years and millions of dollars to develop a new smog-fighting strategy for the Houston area. GRANT FROM EPA LETS HOUSTON STUDY SHIP CHANNEL POLLUTION Houston Chronicle 7/16/08 Houston received nearly $650,000 Tuesday from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to conduct measurements of toxic…