Houston and the Environment

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1. Intercontinental Terminals Company fire

   By dbigtex56, Monday at 09:26 PM
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   • HoustonMidtown
   • Yesterday at 11:08 AM

3. Chicago looks to Buffalo Bayou for river renovation inspiration

   By editor, February 9
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   • editor
   • February 9

4. Memorial Long range Master Plan--updates

   By trymahjong, August 23, 2015
   • 5 replies
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   • swtsig
   • January 29

5. Why is Houston so dirty?

   By j_cuevas713, October 9, 2018
   • 27 replies
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   • KinkaidAlum
   • November 29, 2018

6. Sewage release yesterday during flooding

   By samagon, January 19, 2017
   • 1 reply
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   • HelenHardison
   • November 1, 2018

7. Why Flood Waters Occur More Than Ever

   By Deb Lea, January 6, 2018   

   • houston flooding
   • floods on the rise
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • houston flooding
     • floods on the rise
     • houston will flood more
     • houston floods more than ever
   • 9 replies
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   • Ross
   • January 21, 2018

8. Harvey Imagery

   By Ross, September 1, 2017   

   • harvey
   • 1 reply
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   • IronTiger
   • September 5, 2017

9. How to Grow, 2017-2027, part I: growth?

   By strickn, August 19, 2017
   • 2 replies
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   • strickn
   • August 19, 2017

10. ExxonMobil ordered to pay $20 million for air pollution at Houston plants

    By H.Ham, April 27, 2017
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    • 453 views
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    • H.Ham
    • April 27, 2017

11. If We Care About The Air So Much

    By SirJac, November 11, 2016
    • 3 replies
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    • SirJac
    • November 12, 2016

12. COH no longer accepts glass in recycling containers

    By trymahjong, March 15, 2016
    • 1 reply
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    • Lara
    • November 6, 2016

13. eliminating mosquitos in my yard

    By Philliper, July 7, 2007
    • 33 replies
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    • Ricardo
    • November 3, 2016

14. Bats on the Bayou Aug 28

    By trymahjong, August 13, 2015
    • 5 replies
    • 3593 views
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    • Leanne
    • October 27, 2016

15. Houston Parks Board Parks by you Groundbreaking bayou Greenways 2020

    By trymahjong, September 20, 2013
    • 3 replies
    • 6003 views
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    • lockmat
    • May 12, 2016

16. COH begins efforts re: combat Zika virus

    By trymahjong, February 18, 2016
    • 1 reply
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    • brian0123
    • February 18, 2016

17. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality update

    By trymahjong, September 13, 2015
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    • trymahjong
    • September 13, 2015

18. Construction of two new biological odor control treatment systems

    By trymahjong, June 5, 2015
    • 1 reply
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    • Ross
    • June 5, 2015

19. One Shell Plaza (and 2) now LEED Gold certified

    By editor, December 22, 2009
    • 2 replies
    • 6269 views
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    • Joaquin
    • May 8, 2015

20. Buffalo Bayou "Police" trying to confiscate 3 yr-olds scooter plus write citation

    By trymahjong, April 16, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 4751 views
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    • samagon
    • May 1, 2015

21. Phytoremediation

    By cloud713, March 20, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 3574 views
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    • Specwriter
    • March 21, 2015

22. New Trees for District C and beyond

    By trymahjong, December 23, 2014
    • 4 replies
    • 3841 views
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    • trymahjong
    • February 21, 2015

23. Learn about State Park funding

    By trymahjong, February 17, 2015
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    • 3194 views
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    • trymahjong
    • February 17, 2015

24. Navigating Around Houston's Footprint on the Night

    By TheNiche, June 23, 2010
    • 19 replies
    • 13988 views
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    • kylejack
    • February 8, 2015

25. Do You Recycle?

    By nativehoustonion, May 19, 2014
    • 31 replies
    • 6313 views
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    • Slick Vik
    • December 24, 2014

26. Kuhlman Gully

    By Naviguessor, November 11, 2014
    • 0 replies
    • 2670 views
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    • Naviguessor
    • November 11, 2014

27. Recycling

    By Heightsite, October 29, 2014   

    • heights
    • 1 reply
    • 1935 views
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    • skwatra
    • October 29, 2014

28. Houston takes lead with climate plan

    By Subdude, September 23, 2014
    • 0 replies
    • 1790 views
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    • Subdude
    • September 23, 2014

29. Houston Anti-idling ordinance petition

    By trymahjong, September 4, 2014
    • 7 replies
    • 2078 views
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    • JLWM8609
    • September 8, 2014

30. Save Buffalo Bayou

    By Heightsite, June 25, 2014
    • 48 replies
    • 5204 views
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    • NenaE
    • July 27, 2014

31. Rain Barrels anyone?

    By trymahjong, April 10, 2014
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    • 1969 views
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    • trymahjong
    • April 10, 2014

32. Keep Houston Beautiful Day April 5, 2014

    By trymahjong, March 29, 2014
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    • 1198 views
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    • trymahjong
    • March 29, 2014

33. Small Oil Spill in the Ship Channel.

    By Montrose1100, March 23, 2014
    • 13 replies
    • 1815 views
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    • Naviguessor
    • March 27, 2014

34. Seawalls for refineries?

    By Subdude, December 11, 2013
    • 5 replies
    • 1586 views
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    • plumber2
    • December 13, 2013

35. Bayous seem wasted somehow

    By IronTiger, May 15, 2013
    • 15 replies
    • 3492 views
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    • Montrose1100
    • December 5, 2013

36. TESCO - Supersite Near Downtown

    By enviromain, September 7, 2006
    • 8 replies
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    • lockmat
    • November 28, 2013

37. Houston ranked dirtiest city in nation

    By Slick Vik, November 3, 2013
    • 21 replies
    • 2677 views
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    • Reefmonkey
    • November 21, 2013

38. COH Recycle Used Cooking Oil 2013

    By trymahjong, November 20, 2013
    • 1 reply
    • 1327 views
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    • august948
    • November 20, 2013

39. What are things that can make Houston a better city?

    By TowerSpotter, November 6, 2013   

    • houstonlack
    • 20 replies
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    • kbates2
    • November 17, 2013

40. COH new program targets overgrown abandoned lots

    By trymahjong, October 29, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 1687 views
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    • trymahjong
    • October 29, 2013

41. Deadline Approaches to Save Deer Park Prairie. Steven Colbert to the rescue?

    By bachanon, September 6, 2013   

    • conservation
    • deer park
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • conservation
      • deer park
      • prairie
      • bayou land conservancy
      • steven colbert
      • colbert report
      • save the deer park prairie
    • 2 replies
    • 1141 views
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    • fatesdisastr
    • September 6, 2013

42. Houston, we have a solution: Turning 'car city' into green city

    By Subdude, August 27, 2013
    • 1 reply
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    • livincinco
    • September 1, 2013

43. Walking tour of White Oaks bayou-July 20

    By trymahjong, July 15, 2013
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    • trymahjong
    • July 15, 2013

44. Builder Clear-Cuts Woodland Park Parkland to "Give Condos A Better View"

    By kylejack, June 12, 2013
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    • musicman
    • June 13, 2013

45. Ground shaking at night in Gulfton from train freight along Newcastle?

    By Arternative, June 2, 2013
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    • Arternative
    • June 2, 2013

46. Memorial Park looks awful

    By lockmat, March 16, 2013
    • 24 replies
    • 2790 views
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    • Reefmonkey
    • May 9, 2013

47. Exotic pets, immigrant culture, and invasive species

    By Reefmonkey, May 8, 2013
    • 5 replies
    • 2365 views
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    • Reefmonkey
    • May 9, 2013

48. Improving Parks in Bayou City

    By trymahjong, September 25, 2012
    • 3 replies
    • 1728 views
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    • LarryDierker
    • April 2, 2013

49. Karst Topography Near Houston

    By TheNiche, May 28, 2012
    • 12 replies
    • 3637 views
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    • Croberts
    • March 27, 2013

50. App to Map Houston Ozone

    By Subdude, March 23, 2013
    • 0 replies
    • 1125 views
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    • Subdude
    • March 23, 2013

51. Houston's Urban Forest

    By pderry11, July 18, 2011
    • 16 replies
    • 4531 views
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    • luciaphile
    • March 13, 2013