Our eagerly awaited move will be late next week, and our new address will be 6420 Richmond, Suite 658, Houston, Texas 77057. The space we previously planned to move to was not ready. We expect that our phone number will remain (713) 524-4232 and our website will remain the same.
Do you know an individual, organization, project, or company that has an environmental achievement to brag about? Tell us! (more…)
Galveston Bay Foundation’s annual Redfish Raftup will be on Sunday, August 31 and Monday, September 1, Labor Day. Popular local singer/songwriter Kelly McGuire will perform from the top deck of Star Fleet Yacht’s Star Gazer beginning at 4 pm. (more…)
Gulf Coast Institute, Urban Harvest, Houston-Galveston Area Council, and Texas A&M Sea Grant will host a conference called “Food and Sustainable Prosperity for the Houston Region” on Thursday, September 4. (more…)
Popular 70s Kingwood magician Lisa (Lollipop) Menna has grown up and taken her show to 50 countries, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, and CNN. She will be doing two benefit shows for the newly organized Galveston Baykeepers on Friday, September 5 and Sunday, September 7. (more…)
Katy Prairie Conservancy and the Houston Audubon Society are collaborating with government agencies and other conservation organizations to save increasingly rare coastal prairie plants such as Kansas Blazing Star, Black-Eyed Susan, and Rattlesnake Master from the pristine Saums Road prairie in west Harris County. (more…)
The Council for Environmental Education seeks an experienced environmental education administrator and program leader for its Flying WILD national bird education initiative. (more…)
Keep Texas Beautiful is seeking a communications/marketing manager. The position is responsible for developing and coordinating information, public relations and marketing strategies. (more…)
LYONDELL PLANTS TO PAY $6.5 MILLION TO END TEXAS SMOG PROBE
Houston Chronicle 8/26/08
Two Lyondell Chemical Company affiliates have agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve an investigation into their handling of smog-causing pollutants, the Texas attorney general announced Monday.
JOINT VENTURE PLANS $1.8 BILLION TEXAS OFFSHORE OIL PORT AND PIPELINE SYSTEM
Houston Business Journal 8/18/08
Two Houston companies and a German oil storage company are teaming up to build a $1.8 billion oil port and pipeline system off the Texas coast.
REPORT: SHIP POLLUTION IN PORTS ON RISE
RENTAL VENTURE ZIPCAR INTRODUCES RICE U. TO CAR SHARING
Houston Chronicle 8/26/08
Car sharing. Two words that still sound a little foreign when used together in Texas.
SPERM WHALES LIVE YEAR-ROUND IN GULF, NEW STUDY FINDS
Houston Chronicle 8/25/08
Sperm whales, one of the world’s largest and least-understood creatures, congregate year-round in the Gulf of Mexico despite the region’s significant drilling and shipping activity, according to a study released Thursday.
ENERGY INDUSTRY POWERS CORNYN’S FUNDRAISING
Houston Chronicle 8/26/08
Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn — a top congressional proponent of expanded domestic drilling for more oil to lower gasoline prices — is among the nation’s largest recipients of political donations from the oil and gas industry.
SPRING SUBDIVISION LOSING HOMES TO PLANNED TOLLWAY
Houston Chronicle 8/20/08
The red brick home in Spring that Tracy Martin’s family bought a year ago seemed to have everything she had ever wanted.