ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, NOVEMBER 24 – 30
EXXON MOBIL TO UNVEIL BATTERY UPGRADE
Baytown Sun 11/29/07
Baytown-born breakthrough makes hybrid vehicles safer.
BAYOU BARGE FIGHT FOCUSES ON ENVIRONMENT
Baytown Sun 11/28/07
Concern over terminal’s potential impact sparks debate.
TEXAS PROGRAM TO GET OLD CARS OFF ROADS IS DELAYED
Houston Chronicle 11/26/07
A state program to help low-income drivers replace old, polluting vehicles has been delayed until January as officials work out the program’s final details.
IN TEXAS, CLIMATE CREEPING ONTO AGENDA
National Public Radio Morning Edition 11/26/07
Texas emits more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than any other state. And if Texas were a country, it would be the seventh-largest carbon dioxide polluter in the world.
H-GAC HOT OVER CLIMATE
HOUSTON MAYOR JOINS CALL TO USE FLORESCENT LIGHTS
RUSH TO NAME STORMS MAY BE COSTING YOU MONEY
Houston Chronicle 11/29/07
With another hurricane season set to end this Friday, a controversy is brewing over decisions of the National Hurricane Center to designate several borderline systems as tropical storms.
CITY GREEN LIGHTS MARQUETTE DEVELOPMENT
Galveston County Daily News 11/29/07
The city council unanimously approved a development agreement for Marquette Land Investments’ The Preserve at West Beach.
DESPITE OPPOSITION, ISLE’S WEST END DEVELOPMENT OK’D
WEST END GROUPS SUE TO STOP BUILDING
NATURE TOURISM GROUP UNVEILS SEAWALL SIGNS
DEBRIS REMOVAL TO HELP TIDEWATER DRAIN
Galveston County Daily News 11/25/07
A $1 million project near Santa Fe could help alleviate flooding on Dickinson Bayou.
RETAILERS KEEP ‘GREEN’ BEHIND SCENES THIS HOLIDAY
Reuters 11/30/07
US retailers may be touting their environmental-friendliness this year, but just about the only “green” in evidence for the holidays is in the usual Christmas decorations.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS WEDNESDAY FOR 4 HOUSTON RACES
Houston Chronicle 11/27/07
Early voting starts Wednesday in the run-off elections for three Houston city council seats and a Houston Independent School District board seat. Election Day is Dec. 8.