By Ella Tyler The Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project fund of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, has released its report card on the sustainability practices of the country’s 100 best-endowed colleges and universities. These schools hold more than $258 billion — approximately 75 percent of all higher education endowment investments.
COAL HEARINGS DELAYED Dallas Morning News 2/22/07 AUSTIN — The judges hearing TXU Corp.’s case for coal-fired power plant permits slowed the process down by four months, bowing to a last-minute court ruling that the governor’s fast-track permit schedule is probably unconstitutional. MERRILL LYNCH TARGETED BY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS BILL WOULD GIVE DRIVERS INCENTIVE TO BUY LOW-EMISSION CARS Houston Chronicle 2/16/07…
By Ella Tyler Even if the Houston area’s winter weather has been benevolent compared to the weather in other places, it has been chilly and wet too long for most of us. However, sun and warmer temperatures are in our forecast, so skip the Presidents’ Day sales and go outside and play.