With summer unofficially here and Texans spending more time outdoors, there is an invisible danger to keep in mind - especially for those living in the Houston region. Houston is slipping upward in the ranking of America’s most polluted cities, and as climate change...
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back to archiveEnvironmental innovation: Building public parks as storm surge barrier for Houston
Dozens of Houston area elected officials and their constituents met outside of Houston on Wednesday to discuss the threat of a storm surge that could devastate the region. The community meeting featured four expert speakers discussing various plans researchers and...
With Hurricane season weeks away, can Houston handle another Harvey?
Houstonians got a taste of hurricane season last week as they faced widespread torrential downpours and flooding. The rainfall undoubtedly brought back memories of Hurricane Harvey, the superstorm that struck Houston almost two years ago and submerged 25–30 percent of...
Houston’s environmental nightmare scenario: storm surge hitting chemical plants
The greatest economic threat to the Houston area is surge flooding, given its potential for widespread destruction. This is the conclusion of a new report by Jim Blackburn of Rice University’s Baker Institute and co-director the university's Severe Storm Prediction,...
FEATURE: The Green New Deal and Houston, the energy capital of the world
At a rally in Houston last week, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders reassured Houstonians the Green New Deal would not leave them out to dry."I know what city I'm in," Sanders said while stumping for the 10-year plan to mobilize the U.S. into...