ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MARCH 22 – 28
EPA LEADER TAKES IT SLOW ON EMISSIONS ISSUE
Houston Chronicle 3/27/08
The government made clear on Thursday it will not be rushed into deciding whether to regulate emissions linked to global warming, as the Supreme Court directed nearly a year ago.
GENERAL SETS GOALS TO IMPROVE HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
Houston Chronicle 3/25/08
The next time Grandma’s birthday rolls around, give her the gift of life – a bag packed with food, medicine, clothes, money and maybe a battery-powered radio. Then when disaster strikes, she’ll be ready.
FEMA CHIEF TOURS FLOOD-PRONE HOUSTON AREAS
Houston Chronicle 3/26/08
During a tour of some of Houston’s most flood-prone neighborhoods, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday found pockets of people at risk of being cut off from help if a natural disaster strikes the area.
GROUPS GIVE $600,000 FOR COLUMBIA BOTTOMLANDS
Brazosport Facts 3/28/08
With green leaves building a spring canopy over the Columbia Bottomlands at Hudson Woods, officials with Reliant Energy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other national conservation organizations applauded a $600,000 boost to the 1,170-acre preserve.
RELIANT STANDS TO GAIN FROM PRESERVATION GIFT
MERRILL LYNCH LAUNCHES GLOBAL EMISSIONS INDEX
EAST END RAIL LINE HITS A ROADBLOCK
Houston Chronicle 3/28/08
The Metropolitan Transit Authority may cut six blocks off its planned East End light rail line, leaving passengers short of the Magnolia Transit Center and much of the developing commercial area around Harrisburg and Wayside.
LATEST HIGH-RISE PROPOSAL DENIED
Houston Chronicle 3/27/08
City officials have rejected the latest permit applications for the controversial Ashby high-rise, saying the developers must provide more information about traffic impact and take other steps before the project can be approved.
TOXIC RIVER SITE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL AID
Baytown Sun3/21/08
Dioxin levels land waterway on Superfund list
RESIDENTS SEEK MEANS TO REMEDY AREA’S FLAWS
Baytown Sun 3/26/08
At an evening brainstorming session for Baytown’s strategic visioning process, Baytown residents seemed to be playing a game of connect the dots, as the city’s perceived weaknesses funneled into opportunities – and the solutions seemed rooted in what folks believe are the community’s strengths.
PORTS TO SPLIT COST FOR STUDY
Galveston County Daily News 3/26/08
The Port of Galveston agreed Monday to pay up to $25,000 for a conceptual study of a $1 billion container terminal on Pelican Island, an incremental but pivotal step in making the ambitious project happen.
OFFICIALS LEARN MORE ABOUT MOSQUITO CONTROLS
Brazosport Facts 3/27/08
Weather conditions in the first three months of the year have not been good for the area’s mosquito population, but changes can happen in the blink of an eye.
OFFICIALS GIVE MEDIA TOUR OF QUINTANA SITE
Brazosport Facts 3/26/08
After lighting a cigarette and taking a few puffs just to make sure it was fully lit, Peter Micciche calmly placed it into a container of liquefied natural gas.
QUINTANA RESIDENTS MAINTAIN DIALOGUE WITH LNG
ROCKS, PLANTS PROTECT LAND FROM BAYOU EROSION
Houston Chronicle 3/25/08
Terri Thomas cherishes living on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.
PROTECTING BUFFALO BAYOU VIDEO:
REDFORD IN HOUSTON TO TOUT ANTI-COAL MOVIE
Houston Chronicle 3/28/08
Actor and environmental activist Robert Redford was in Houston on Thursday to promote a new documentary about efforts starting in 2006 to fight coal-fired power plants planned by Dallas-based TXU.
DINA CAPPIELLO: REPORTING THE HARD FACTS
CLEAN March 2008
Dina Cappiello is an award-winning environmental journalist who follows the story looking for specific, factual information about environmental problems that communities need in order to push for change.