ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, SEPTEMBER 15 – 21
HISD PLANNING TO CLOSE KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Houston Chronicle 9/20/07
Bowing to weeks of staff and community pressure, the Houston school district is making plans to move students and staff out of Key Middle School, the school board president said Wednesday evening.
REPORT: HOUSTON IN TOP 10 FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Houston Business Journal 9/18/07
A new report released Tuesday confirms what Houstonians already know — traffic is bad.
STUDY SHOWS HOUSTON TRAFFIC GETTING WORSE
LOCAL INDUSTRY FACES GLOBAL COMPETITION
Galveston County Daily News 9/19/07
Results of an economic study detail the challenges of keeping petrochemical jobs on the upper Texas coast.
MOTIVA PLANS BIGGEST REFINERY IN U.S. IN PORT ARTHUR
DYNEGY ORDERED TO PRODUCE CARBON EMISSION STATEMENTS
Houston Business Journal 9/17/2007
Houston utilities giant Dynegy Inc. is one of five energy companies subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General relating to carbon dioxide emissions at its planned coal-fired power plant in Texas, news agencies reported Sept. 16.
CITY EYES ANNEXING SHORELINE
Baytown Sun 9/15/07
Move could aid effort to control barge terminal
SEE YA LATER, GATORFEST
Baytown Sun 9/17/07
It’s a wrap on Anahuac’s ode to the gator: a $1 million windfall for small town.
PLAN TO AX KIRBY OAK TREES IS CRITICIZED
Houston Chronicle 9/16/07
More than 100 Houstonians crowded a public hearing Saturday to protest the planned removal of an estimated 175 mature oak trees from Kirby.
WEATHER SERVICE CHANGING STORM-WARNING METHOD
Houston Chronicle 9/18/07
The National Weather Service is revamping the way it has issued severe weather warnings for decades with a new system designed to mark a geographic bull’s eye where a storm will hit.
DEVELOPER TAKES ON NEW, OLD ISLAND FIGHTS
Galveston County Daily News 9/16/07
A developer’s plan for an island eyesore has run into two hot-button issues: high-rises and historic preservation.