ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, AUGUST 26 – SEPTEMBER 8
NEW OIL FIELD DEEP IN THE GULF A POTENTIAL GIANT
Houston Chronicle 9/6/06
Located 270 miles southwest of New Orleans and more than 5 miles below the water’s surface, the potential of the Jack field was known about for years.
BIG OIL FIND IS REPORTED DEEP IN GULF
US FUNDS PROJECT TO PUMP OIL, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
Reuters 9/7/06
WASHINGTON – The US Energy Department said on Wednesday it would spend US$3 million to help fund a demonstration project in Alabama that will inject carbon dioxide (CO2) into a mature oil reservoir to push out more crude and also displace greenhouse gases.
FORMER BP OFFICIAL REFUSES TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH
Houston Chronicle 9/7/06
WASHINGTON The former head of pipeline-corrosion monitoring for BP in Alaska refused to testify under oath today as outraged lawmakers grilled company officials over the causes of a massive oil spill earlier this year.
JUDGE STRIKES DOWN PESTICIDE USAGE RULE
Environmental News Network 8/28//06
SEATTLE A federal judge on Thursday rejected a Bush administration decision to weaken rules governing pesticide use, saying the change lacked scientific justification.
CITY SAYS NO PHOTO-FOOLERY
Houston Chronicle 9/1/06
As red-light enforcement cameras start taking money shots at ten city intersections today, police are warning that it’s illegal to try and thwart the technology.
RED-LIGHT CAMERAS CLICKING THE MOST IN CLEAR LAKE AREA
METRO HITS FEWER BUMPS WITH SOUTHEAST ROUTE
Houston Chronicle 9/4/06
Metro may choose a route this month for its planned Bus Rapid Transit line, linking the Main Street light rail with residential neighborhoods and shopping areas in southeast Houston.
SAN JACINTO MONUMENT OBSERVATION DECK REOPENS AFTER TWO YEARS
Houston Chronicle 9/4/06
LA PORTE For the first time in two years, visitors to the San Jacinto Monument can reach the observation deck at the top of the 567-foot-tall Texas limestone obelisk with Friday’s reopening of an elevator that completes a major overhaul.
EVICTED BATS MAY BE MAKING AN ENCORE
Houston Chronicle 9/5/06
It may be harder than expected for Lake Jackson officials to get rid of a colony of bats.
LOUISIANA BUILDS NEW LAND WITH RIVER MUD
Houston Chronicle 9/10/06
PILOTTOWN, Louisiana – Louisiana is mining a new type of black gold: Mississippi River mud. A pilot project at the river mouth shows how the hurricane-ravaged state may be able to rebuild its vanishing coast with fertile river bottom soil now dumped by dredges into the ocean.
POWER PLANTS SEEK SOLUTIONS TO MERCURY
Environmental News Network 9/28/06
MARQUETTE, Mich. It somewhat resembles a honeycomb: row upon row of sturdy fabric bags, each 26 feet long and stretched over a steel frame that preserves its conical shape.
US OVERSIGHT OF BIOTECH CROPS SEEN LACKING
Reuters 8/29/06
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Criticism is mounting over the US government’s efforts to control experimental genetically modified crops in the wake of admissions that a discarded biotech rice has contaminated US commercial supplies.