Environmental Headlines, March 28 – April 7
- 28 March
- Trash Bash To Take Place (KPRC)
http://www.click2houston.com/video/19064614/index.html
http://www.click2houston.com/video/19023057/index.html - 31 March
- Endangered Whooping Crane Numbers Drop For First Time Since 2001 — Public Asked to Report Bird Sightings During Northward Migration (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090331a - EPA to study air outside 4 Houston-area schools (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/cyfair/news/6351663.html - Funds approved for local energy efficiency improvements (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/01/pasadena_citizen/news/040109_texas_energy.txt - Another way to move junk e-mail to the trash (The Brazoria County Facts)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f674306337704cb6 - EPA Recognizes Thirteen Texas Companies as Energy Star Partners (EPA)
http://www.energystar.gov/awards - 1 April
- Two Earthkind workshops set (The Bay City Tribune)
http://baycitytribune.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f2941f5199cb19cc - Newsprint recycler facing tough times (Bellaire Examiner)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/02/bellaire_examiner/news/be_recycling.txt - PGMUD surface water plant design progresses (Fort Bend Herald)
http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/04/01/news/doc49d3859e76373453857795.txt - Survey gives Houston low ranking for waste avoidance (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/30/daily31.html - Garbagemen may be crime spotters (The Journal of Pearland)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/02/pearland_journal/news/4-2_waste_management.txt - Households hide toxins (River Oaks Examiner)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/02/river_oaks_examiner/lifestyles/ro_green_scene_ban.txt - 2 April
- Neighbors come out for Trash Bash (The Copperfield Sun)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/02/copperfield_sun/news/040809_trash_off_cop.txt - Volunteers to clean up trash Saturday throughout Pearland (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pearland/news/6355610.html - DA’s office planning to sue residents of Demi-John to identify source of sewage (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c69a081eb050f047 - 3 April
- Prolonged Texas Drought Impacts Wildlife (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090403b - Hilton first Texas hotel to earn Green Seal (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/30/daily58.html - Waste Management, Tropicana create carton recycling program (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/30/daily57.html - Seaborne pollution: Houston will benefit from regulation of ships (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6358243.html - Recommended Recycling options in Galveston dwindle after Hurricane Ike (KHOU)
http://www.khou.com/news/local/galveston/stories/khou090403_tnt_recycling-ike.9af5a6a8.html - 4 April
- Pasadena Park & Ride service starts Monday (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pasadena/news/6358042.html - 5 April
- Tax-or-trade the question in climate change debate (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6359498.html - Cities take part in e-waste cleanup (The Facts Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=caeb9556340cb417 - Park & Ride 101: How to use the service (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/05/pasadena_citizen/news/040509_how_to_ride.txt - Earth Day Houston: Were having an eco-party (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6359998.html - 6 April
- Education board’s ideas on warming raise tempers (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/falkenberg/6361845.html - Houston venture’s turbine taps the Mississippi (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6362021.html - Grow this idea: The Urban Gardening Program turns abandoned lots into veggie plots (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6361771.html - Local legislators struggling to pass injection well bills (The Courier of Montgomery County)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/06/conroe_courier/news/legislature0406.txt#comment - 7 April
- Thomas Friedman: Just 3 concerns with Obamas clean energy plans (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6363766.html