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March 26, 2009Bees on a Plane!!
August 17, 2006The City's New Recycling Effort: Is It Any Good?
September 3, 2008Garbage, Debris and How We Are Trashed
September 15, 2008Always Look On The Bright Side Of Ike
September 30, 2008Best Bird-Watching
Barker Reservoir, Highway 6 at Briar Forest
September 21, 2000Do Little Indeed
Who needs a plot when you have Eddie Murphy talking to the animals?
June 21, 2001Birds Endagered By Man (And Ike) Going Back To The Wild
October 20, 2008New EPA List Of Polluted Cities Leaves Off Houston, To Some Folks' Dismay
The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA needs to put Houston and five other cities nationwide on the list, the ALA says."This deadly omission puts public health in the following metropolitan areas at considerable risk: Houston, Texas; Augu
December 22, 2008The Houston Zoo's Got More Herpes Than A Motley Crue Groupies' Convention, PETA Says
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested at the Houston Zoo Saturday, demanding that the zoo stop breeding elephants after the death of two-year-old Mac from the elephant herpesvirus.Hair Balls caught up with PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt at the protest. "PETA is appalled that yet another young elephant at the Houston Zoo has died of herpesvirus 1 and is calling on the Houston Zoo to immediately stop breeding elephants," she said. She went on to say that Houston has been called an "
November 24, 2008BP Pays Big (Kinda) To Settle Texas City Pollution Claims
Logo courtesy BPGood news and bad news for Texas City: The good news is that BP will be spending $167 million to reduce pollution in its plant there.The bad news is that they were polluting the area so bad it's going to take $167 million to do something about it.The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that BP, in order to settle a civil suit against it, will spend $161 million "on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices" and
February 19, 2009Dish
July 15, 1999News of the Weird
January 13, 2000Open up at Beaucoup Wings N Wings
December 25, 2008The Great EscApe
In two decades, Wally Swett's sanctuary has become a place of peace for primates - it's the humans that have him going bananas
February 15, 2001Wild Ocean 3D and “Sharks in Depth”
May 29, 2008Bayousphere
December 20, 2007The Sky's the Limit
Stop wheezing and cheer up. A front group finds a bright spin on our brown air.
February 15, 2001“Lizards & Snakes: Alive!”
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is squeamish for squamates
September 20, 2007Lights Out
Fireflies are dissapearing from the night sky
March 2, 2000Dance of the Penguin
That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it
November 16, 2006Image of the Week
Baby giraffe
August 24, 2006No Cracker Required
Zydeco Louisiana Diner
July 28, 2005Glorious Sea
Brosnan's narration can't mar Deep Blue's gorgeous ocean footage
July 14, 2005Miracle on Ice
The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better
July 7, 2005Animal Crackers
Plot-light Madagascar still manages clever gags for grown-ups
May 26, 2005Best Crawfish
September 23, 2004Best Place to Be Glad You're Alive
September 23, 2004Best Place to Watch Wildlife in the Urban Jungle
September 23, 2004Best Plants
September 23, 2004As You Like It
Magnolia Bar & Grill
April 22, 2004Ruffled Feathers
The Audubon Society wants some killer birds to stay off its land
March 18, 2004Fed Up
League City neighbors go to war against rogue coyotes
January 29, 2004Wild Kingdom
The furries are fighting like animals, just for a little respect
December 18, 2003Shooting Bambi's Mom
November 6, 2003Best Zoo Animal
Gunther's dik-dik
September 25, 2003This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
August 14, 2003Best Scuba Instructor
Robert "Scuba Bob" Knapick
September 26, 2002Earth Quake Day
CEC splits from an increasingly commercial fest
April 4, 2002Under The Volcano
Crown Central Petroleum spews, sputters and flares up. Neighbors of the plant view it uneasily, never quite sure when it's going to blow.
February 14, 2002Red Light, Green Light
With billboards of windmills promising gentle, nonpolluting energy, Green Mountain offers Texans a new power avenue. Will they take it? Should they?
June 7, 2001Smoke and Mirrors
As part of the Bush legacy, a special law can hide polluting industries
October 26, 2000Babe's Bad Night
Feral hogs are on the increase. And so are those who hunt them.
August 17, 2000Elephant Walk
Montgomery County tries to ride herd on its exotic pets
February 17, 2000Wild About Wine
June 11, 2009Protect The Texas Jaguarundi!! He's Cute!!
The Jaguarundicourtesy of blueskull611Ever heard of the jaguarundi? Neither have we. Perhaps that's because this unique type of cat that lives along the Texas border with Mexico is endangered. Perhaps it's because nobody really cares. We're guessing it's a bit of both, but that doesn't mean every animal shouldn't have some human in their corner pulling for them.WildEarth Guardian, a non-profit environmental organization, recently waged war in the form of a lawsuit in Houston federal court agains
June 19, 2009Love in the Time of Leprosy: The Critter Connection
July 30, 2009Free Willy. Seriously.
August 6, 2009ExxonMobil Fined $600,000; We Think They Can Come Up With It
Let's be honest.There aren't a lot of "bad days" for a global petrochemical company that made a record $45.2 billion profit last year, so we'll just say ExxonMobil had a less than stellar day on Wednesday when state regulators penalized it more than $600,000 for environmental crimes.ExxonMobil's oil refinery and chemical plants in Baytown were responsible for $496,201 of the penalty and its Beaumont refinery accounted for the rest.The penalty, finalized in Austin in an agreed order by the Tex
August 13, 2009Mother-effin Snakes In Our State!!
Photo courtesy USGSThere's nothing like a release from the U.S. Geological Survey headlined "Report Documents the Risks of Giant Invasive Snakes in the U.S." to get your attention. (Unless it's "Osama bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." But we digress.)Bottom line: Look out Texas, we got giant pythons and boa constrictors coming our way. Giant!!"This report clearly reveals that these giant snakes threaten to destabilize some of our most precious ecosystems and parks, primarily through p
October 13, 2009
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