DOW HAS FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS AND EDUCATION
The Community Grants Program of Dow Texas Operations has allocated $200,000 to provide Brazoria County nonprofit organizations with funds to carry out various projects within the county.
Environmental Headlines, June 2 – 9, 2006
A FIRST IN HOUSTON: 85% ETHANOL AT PUMP Houston Chronicle 6/6/06 Houston drivers were offered a new alternative to gasoline Monday, when a northwest Houston Kroger opened the first pumps in town selling fuel made of 85 percent ethanol. REPORT: STORMS LEFT NEW HUMAN LANDSCAPE Houston Chronicle 6/7/06 Nearly two-thirds of New Orleans’ population was scattered by Hurricane Katrina’s assault…
AREA SITES CONSIDERED FOR CRUDE OIL STORAGE
By Ella Tyler The Department Energy is currently considering sites to expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s storage capacity. In this program, crude oil is stored in caverns created by the solution mining of salt domes. There are currently four existing facilities, two in Louisiana and two in Texas, with a capacity of about 727 million barrels.