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ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, AUGUST 19 – 25

US COURT HANDS EPA A WIN IN UTILITY EMISSION CASE Reuters, 8/21/06 WASHINGTON – A federal court has ruled that a big US utility must install costly pollution-reduction equipment at its aging coal-powered electric plants if it expands them, handing a victory to the US government in a case that could shape an upcoming Supreme Court ruling. BP SHELVES ISLE…

WORSE THAN WEEDS

By Ella Tyler A free pocket guide to the twenty most dangerous invasive plant species in the Galveston Bay Area has just been published by Galveston Bay Estuary Program and the Houston Advanced Research Center. The guide has color pictures of the listed plants and includes information about their local distribution, preferred habitat, reproduction, and growth patterns.