This is a guest post by summer 2021 legal intern Allie Soileau. We have all seen news stories where an unwitting individual bites into a sandwich and encounters a mystery item, such as a band-aid or a piece of plastic. While this is undoubtedly disgusting, many people do not realize that we consume thousands of […]
Join us in welcoming our new Executive Director, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud, who started with Bayou City Waterkeeper earlier this week. Ayanna brings over twenty years in nonprofit administration, leading programs and building infrastructure at environmental and cultural institutions. Before joining BCWK, she worked at Houston Botanic Garden as director of education and public programs, overseeing […]
This editorial, by the Houston Chronicle’s Editorial Board, appeared in the Houston Chronicle on June 27, 2021. Why do we keep building on wetlands? A Trump-era rule lets developers construct in low-lying areas — using Harvey disaster aid. By The Editorial Board Brett Coomer / Staff file photo A neighborhood in Spring is inundated by […]
Bayou City Waterkeeper served the city of Houston with a notice of intent to sue over its sewer problems in July 2018. After the US Environmental Protection Agency filed an enforcement action in September 2018, we intervened. In April of this year, that enforcement action culminated in a federal court’s approval of a consent decree […]
We’re excited to introduce you to the students who are joining Bayou City Waterkeeper as legal interns for the summer. Lauren Alexander-Bachelder, The University of Texas School of Law (2L) Lauren is a rising second-year law student at The University of Texas School of Law. She grew up on a cattle ranch in East Texas, […]
We’re excited to share an update in our lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Last summer, Bayou City Waterkeeper sued the Corps, challenging its decisions to allow development over wetlands and increase flood risk for residents in the Bayou Brae neighborhood of League City, Texas. The Corps sought to dismiss our lawsuit, saying […]
This is a guest post by Eric LeeChee, a law student who interned with Bayou City Waterkeeper in the Spring 2021 semester. As I wrap up my last year of law school at Vermont, I was excited to spend my final semester in the Houston area working with Bayou City Waterkeeper as a Legal Intern. […]
This week, the Honorable Charles R. Eskridge III of the Southern District of Texas granted the United States and State of Texas’ joint motion to approve a legal settlement called a consent decree, which will require the City of Houston to spend $2 billion on major upgrades to its sanitary sewer system over the next […]
We are excited to announce that Mashal Awais joined the team as our Watershed Specialist! For several years, Mashal has worked with communities around the Greater Houston area, including the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience, the Houston Climate Movement, West Street Recovery, and TEJAS, advocating for communities’ right to clean air and water. Mashal joined […]