ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MARCH 1 – 7
TEXAS SPENDING PER CAPITA IS THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY
Houston Chronicle 3/3/08
The Texas state government spends less money per resident than any other state in the country, according to a new survey that also ranks Texas as the fourth best-run state in the nation.
RADIOACTIVE DUMP COULD GET OK DESPITE PROXIMITY TO GROUNDWATER
Houston Chronicle 3/5/08
The head of the state’s environmental agency could recommend licensing of a radioactive waste dump despite an agency report that indicates the West Texas site is too close to a groundwater supply, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
21 DEAD DOLPHINS WASH ASHORE
Houston Chronicle 3/4/08
An aircraft might be flying over the Gulf of Mexico as early as today in an effort to discover why 21 decaying dolphin carcasses were found over two days in Brazoria, Galveston and Jefferson counties, officials said Tuesday.
HOUSTON OKS $15.5 MILLION FOR SOCCER STADIUM SITE
Houston Chronicle 3/5/08
The City Council voted Wednesday to spend $15.5 million to purchase five downtown blocks being eyed for a Houston Dynamo soccer stadium. The council also approved a land swap to obtain an additional block.
SUBDIVISION ISN’T HAPPY ABOUT NEW HABITAT NEIGHBORS
Houston Chronicle 3/3/08
Lately, it has not been all polite how-are-yous, it’s-nice-to-see-you exchanges between residents of Greenwood Forest, a subdivision in northwest Harris County
A MAN’S 6-PACK CAN SERVE AS HIS CASTLE
New York Times 3/7/08
From his front porch, John Milkovisch was able to see the beer truck heading for the local grocery, spurring him into action. “He’d run over there and clean them out,” recalled his son Ronald. “He never had less than 8 to 10 cases stacked up in the garage.”
REFINERY MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Galveston County Daily News, 3/7/08
The refinery now owned by Valero Energy Corp. celebrated its birthday Thursday, marking a century since it was commissioned, helping to establish Texas City as a key port for the shipment of crude oil.
FIRST STEP TAKEN IN WEST END BEACH PROJECT
Galveston County Daily News 3/6/08
Galveston County took the first step Wednesday to undertaking the biggest beach-reconstruction project in Texas history. It would put 200 to 300 feet of sand along a three-mile stretch extending west from the end of the seawall in Galveston.
URBAN HARVEST VISIONARY BOB RANDALL RETIRES
Houston Chronicle 2/2/08
Bob Randall has coaxed peanuts from a farm on the edge of the Sahara, grown tapioca in the Philippines and vegetables in pots at the University of California at Berkeley