ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, FEBRUARY 16 – 24
- 16 February
- Rail improvement may finally start chugging (Houston Business Journal)
- Metro teams up with Google Transit (Guidry News)
- 18 February
- 73 trees moving from Houston bayou to Hermann Park (Houston Chronicle)
- Urban farmer keeps green thumb busy in 5th Ward (Houston Chronicle)
- Vote on rail contract is put off until March (Houston Chronicle)
- Houston G residents want deteriorating roads reconstructed, park restored (Houston Chronicle)
- Is the train about to leave the station? (Galveston Daily News)
- Galveston County approves burn ban (Guidry News)
- 19 February
- Advocate of livable cities sees the big, detailed picture (Houston Chronicle)
- Critical wildfire danger predicted for much of Texas (Texas Forest Service)
- Six Groups: Add Houston to bad air list (Houston Chronicle)
- Taylor Lake City Council votes to approve a tree adoption program (Guidry News)
- BP to pay $180 million to settle pollution case (Houston Chronicle)
- 20 February
- The future gets brighter for solar power (Houston Chronicle)
- County getting ozone monitor (Fort Bend Herald Coaster)
- BP Products to Pay Nearly $180 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations at Texas City Refinery (Guidry News)
- Metro to get $92 million from stimulus (Houston Chronicle)
- 21 February
- Event aims to create next generation of scientists (Houston Chronicle)
- Baytown to save more the $260K with [green] upgrades (Baytown Sun)
- >Houston Rockets host recyling drive (KHOU)
- >Rockets lead e-cycling drive (KTRK)
- 22 February
- Humidity expands global warming, TAMU scholar claims (Guidry News)
- Green quiz: Are you a friend of the planet? (Houston Chronicle)
- 24 February