ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, APRIL 19 – 25
JUSTICES TURN AWAY EXXON MOBIL APPEAL
Houston Chronicle 4/22/08 Exxon Mobil suffered a defeat at the Supreme Court on Monday as the justices refused to consider an appeal by the oil giant of a $112 million damage award in an environmental lawsuit.
US HIGH COURT WON’T HEAR EXXON LOUISIANA APPEAL http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=48082
PLASTIC FEARS LEAD TO PULLING OF NALGENE, SOME BABY BOTTLES
Houston Chronicle 4/33/08 The maker of the popular Nalgene water bottle is pulling the product from shelves. The world’s biggest retailer is phasing out the sale of certain baby bottles. And a manufacturer of infant products is dropping some of its plastic goods.
THREE HOUSTON-AREA COMPANIES MAKE BPA
GUIDING GROWTH WILL BE KEY IN ’09 CITY ELECTION
Houston Chronicle 4/23/08 Most Harris County residents would support zoning or other land-use planning tools to guide growth, protect neighborhoods and curb suburban sprawl, the 2008 Houston Area Survey shows.
BARGE TERMINAL PROTEST RALLY SET FOR MAY 3
Baytown Sun 4/21/08 ‘We’ll do whatever we can to save Cedar Bayou’
GULF WIDENS OVER HOW GALVESTON ISLAND SHOULD GROW
Houston Chronicle 4/21/08 A development boom on Galveston Island has spawned a fierce struggle over drastically different visions of how to channel growth.
GREEN NOT JUST FOR TREE HUGGERS ANYMORE
Galveston County Daily News 4/22/08 Going green is steadily becoming mainstream, as everyone from bankers to builders to homebuyers try to reduce, reuse, recycle and conserve energy.
TO SAVE ENERGY, IT WILL BE ‘LIGHTS OUT’ AT HOUSTON OFFICES
SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS EARTH DAY TIPS: HOW TO GO GREEN WITHOUT GOING BROKE
TWIST TO THE ECO-FRIENDLY BULB STORY
Galveston County Daily News 4/22/08 Compact fluorescent light bulbs are either the best hope for daily energy savings or a toxic environmental threat, depending on who’s describing them.
LIVING LIKE THE AMISH?
Baytown Sun Published April 24, 2008 A television program that I watched recently featured an expert (on exactly what I cannot remember) who predicted that within 20 to 50 years a whole lot of Americans would be living a lifestyle comparable to that of the Amish.