ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, FEBRUARY 3-9
EXXON MOBIL HAS NO MORE DOUBTS ON WARMING
Houston Chronicle 2/9/07
Big Oil behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. has dropped any pretense of questioning whether global warming is real. Now the company is seeking to position itself as an active player in efforts to lower greenhouse gases.
CITY COUNCIL DELAYS PLAN TO SUE HOUSTON POLLUTERS
Houston Chronicle 2/8/07
The mayor is not getting a free pass in his march to clean up Houston’s air.
TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AWARDS FIRST LAND LEASE FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Houston Business Journal 2/6/07
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson awarded the state’s first land lease that will lead to the generation of renewable geothermal energy.
TED TURNER CALLS FOR SWITCH TO ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Houston Chronicle 2?8/07
There’s not much middle ground for Ted Turner when it comes to the future of energy in the United States.
USDA TELLS RANCHERS NON-CORN ETHANOL A PRIORITY
BILLS AIM TO CURB PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
Galveston County Daily News 2/8/07
AUSTIN – The chairmen of committees that oversee Texas’ electricity industry proposed sweeping new regulations Wednesday.
STATE PARKS CHIEF SAYS SYSTEM IS IN STRESS
Houston Chronicle 2/8/07
AUSTIN – With descriptions of decrepit cabins, failing water systems and jury-rigged maintenance trucks, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department made its case to lawmakers on Wednesday for money to repair the ailing state park system.
THE PRESIDENT SHOWS HIS ENVIRONMENTALIST COLORS
New York Times 2/8/06
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 – After six years in the Oval Office, George W. Bush may have found his inner Teddy Roosevelt.
OFFICIALS CONSIDER PERMANENT HOME FOR DYNAMO
Houston Chronicle 1/8/07
Shouts of “goal!” could replace “fore!” at the venerable Gus Wortham golf course under a plan to provide a permanent home for the Dynamo soccer team and keep it in Houston.
NEW HIGHWAY COULD RUN THROUGH SETX
Beaumont Enterprise 2/8/07
A proposed highway corridor from Mexico to Canada apparently will pass through Southeast Texas and could be under construction within six years, officials said Wednesday.
ISLE NEIGHBORHOODS ENDANGERED, GROUP SAYS
Galveston County Daily News 2/8/07
Unprotected historic neighborhoods in Galveston have been named to Preservation Texas’ 2007 list of Texas’ Most Endangered Historic Places.
HARRIS COUNTY THEATERS TOP ENDANGERED PLACES LIST
FATE OF CRANE GENERATION RESTS ON 1 CHICK
Houston Chronicle 26/07
MIAMI – The fate of a generation of endangered migratory whooping cranes now rides on the fragile wings of a 10-month-old chick known as No. 15.
WATER HYACINTHS CHOKING PARTS OF BAYOU
Brazosport Facts 2/6/07
Residents who live along parts of Buffalo Camp Bayou continue to deal with vine-like water hyacinths that have choked off the waterway.
RARE MARINE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN PHILIPPINES
Yahoo News 2/5/07
MANILA (AFP) – A French-led marine expedition has discovered thousands of new species of crustaceans and mollusks in waters around the central Philippines.