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As the population of The Woodlands and South Montgomery County continues to grow at a rapid pace, officials in The Woodlands are looking to the future to ensure there is adequate, and affordable, access to drinking water for residents.

As climate change relentlessly drives up summer temperatures, the city of Houston and Harris County will learn their hottest spots next month with aid from local residents. A heat-mapping project is designed to help communities reshape themselves with the goal of cooling off urban environments.

Pockets of higher temperatures in urban areas pose health threats, particularly to marginalized communities. By mapping these areas, experts hope to get a better sense of effective ameliorative strategies.

Experts say it’s an important first step, but the plan has lots of limitations.

Staff at The Woodlands-based Houston Advanced Research Center is continuing to examine how mobility, air quality and electricity consumption have changed during the new coronavirus pandemic.

The change in travel habits following stay-at-home orders issued in late March has spurred the Houston Advanced Research Center to begin analyzing how closely those orders were followed as well as how these new patterns could affect air quality and energy use in the region.

Research shows the Greater Houston area’s air quality improved amid the coronavirus pandemic, but a Houston-area organization said air quality in communities located near major industrial sectors still needs attention.

Houston has created a Climate Action Plan. This is what it means for transportation, energy and building.

Houston’s first Climate Action Plan calls on the city’s 4,600 energy companies to lead the transition to renewable sources, while residents are asked to swap car rides for mass transit and work to cut down on the estimated seven pounds of waste each person discards every day.

Experts at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) are working on the data describing air quality, regional mobility, and energy demand to find out the extent of regional and statewide changes because of the and results of stay-at-home orders.

HARC to host educational seminar on Feb. 20 to discuss how to tackle the growing feral hog population and will feature guest speaker Chris Watts, a wildlife damage management biologist with the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension and the Texas Wildlife Services Program.

Nestled in the woods at the corner of Gosling and Research Forest is HARC (the Houston Advanced Research Center). It is a nonprofit research hub providing independent analysis on energy, air, and water issues with research activities that support implementation of policies and technologies that promote sustainability.

Dr. Gavin Dillingham provides insight on the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance’s recent study on distributed energy sources.

For the fifth straight year since its inception, the Galveston Bay report card, released in August, shows Texas’ largest estuary has earned an overall C grade, evidence of its resiliency to the effects of the historic storm.

Our state’s largest estuary, with a watershed that stretches all the way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and includes half the Texas population, has once again received its annual grade from the Galveston Bay Foundation, in collaboration with the Houston Advanced Research Center and the Houston Endowment.

Every year, new challenges arise in Galveston Bay--whether it's floods, storms, oil spills, fishery closures and habitat loss. Galveston Bay Foundation and Houston Advanced Research Center presented the overall health of Galveston Bay yesterday.

For the fifth straight year, GBF rated the overall condition of the bay with a grade of "C."

The overall health of the Galveston Bay is adequate for now, but scientists and environmental leaders are pushing to improve the ecosystem’s quality over the coming years.

The water quality in Texas’ largest estuary worsened in 2018, a report released Wednesday stated, owing to higher concentrations of pollutants in regional watersheds and bayous and possible lingering effects from Hurricane Harvey.

HARC Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dr. Meredith Jennings, speaks with Houston Chronicle.

CW39 Morning Dose's Maggie Flecknoe straps into a life jacket and hits the open water with members of the Galveston Bay Foundation.

Education for Tomorrow Alliance (EfTA) hosted its annual summer Student Internship Program (SIP) luncheon presented by Sam Houston State University on Tuesday, June 25th at the Lone Star College Community Building.

HARC and Green Mountain Energy Sun Club leaders celebrated the completion of a sustainability project signifying a major step toward HARC’s goal of achieving a highly regarded Net Zero Energy (NZE) status.

HARC supports Galveston Bay Foundation to produce Galveston Bay Report Card, read to learn how you can help address trash in Galveston Bay.