Featured Air Alliance Houston Report Shows High Benzene Levels in Galena Park (Dianna Wray – Houston Press, 7/1/2016) “It’s been known for years that the air in Galena Park is laced with benzene, but a new study from Air Alliance Houston has shown varying amounts of benzene have been found at different sites in the town, each site clocking benzene…
Featured Texas Gulf dead zone caused by excessive rainfall, unlike Louisiana’s (Dylan Baddour – Houston Chronicle, 6/22/2016. Photo by Johnny Hanson, Staff) “Headlines this month bring grim news of a massive ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico. Is this something Houston should be worried about? Yes and no. Most of those headlines refer to a recent study from Louisiana…
This week is Pollinator Week! I’m sure that I don’t have to tell you that pollinating animals, including bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, and others, are vital to our delicate ecosystem, supporting terrestrial wildlife, providing healthy watershed, and more. Monarch butterflies are among the pollinators of special concern in Texas. After several years of declining populations (from about one billion…