ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, AUGUST 23 – 29
LYONDELL PLANTS TO PAY $6.5 MILLION TO END TEXAS SMOG PROBE Houston Chronicle 8/26/08 Two Lyondell Chemical Company affiliates have agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve an investigation into their handling of smog-causing pollutants, the Texas attorney general announced Monday. JOINT VENTURE PLANS $1.8 BILLION TEXAS OFFSHORE OIL PORT AND PIPELINE SYSTEM Houston Business Journal 8/18/08 Two Houston companies…