Environmental Headlines, June 17-23, 2006

FLOOD SYSTEM PASSED SURPRISE TEST Houston Chronicle 6/21/06 After receiving its first real test since Tropical Storm Allison, Harris County’s revamped flood control system appears to have earned mostly passing marks. SHELTER-IN-PLACE LIFTED AFTER SHELL LEAK Houston Chronicle 6/19/06 The floating roof of a chemical storage tank at Shell’s Deer Park chemical plant tipped open under the weight of pooling…

WHINERS MATTER

By Ella Tyler The Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention recently released a report concerning the ways Harris County and the city of Houston handle citizen complaints about air pollution. In 2004, more than 2,000 citizen complaints were made.