Environmental Headlines
- 30 March
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Conservation and Recreation Forum on April 23 (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016510 - The Center for Houston’s Future will present Ned Holmes with the Eugene H. Vaughan Civic Award (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016511 - 31 March
- City of Friendswood’s “Spring Sparkle” citywide clean-up on Saturday (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016524 - 1 April
- The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter joins coalition to prevent radioactive waste disposal in Texas (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016554 - The Sierra Club issued a statement regarding legislation to continue operating the Texas Department of Transportation (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/09March/09109SierraClub.pdf - Government Report, New Wave of Coal Plants Not Needed (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016549 - The Children’s Museum of Houston celebrates Earth Day Wonderweek April 16-22 (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016555 - The Artist Boat seeking students for internships to teach Eco-Art workshops (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016561 - 5 April
- Greater Houston Partnership supports Energy Efficiency Performance Standards (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016651 - 6 April
- Salazar: Eastern wind could equal coal for power (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6361828.html - GLO’s Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup set for April 25 (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016685 - The Nature Conservancy of Texas released the results of poll on Texans’ support for protecting the environment (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016682 - Groups call for EPA action on toxic hydrogen sulfide gas (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016661 - Book details importance of school gardens (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016659 - Rosenberg Clean-up set for May 2 (Fort Bend Herald & Texas Coaster)
http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/04/06/opinion/editorials/doc49da3423e7f5d217204451.txt - Green ideas for the greater good (Greater Houston Weekly)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/07/greater_houston_weekly/top_of_the_week/0408_earth_sidebar.txt - Mobility programs increasing (The Woodlands Villager)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/07/woodlands_villager/news/wv-n_mobility_programs.txt - 7Â April
- Buffalo Bayou Paddling Trail dedication set for April 16 (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/memorial/news/6362735.html - GM and Segway unveil new two-wheeled urban vehicle (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6362720.html - Thomas Friedman: Just 3 concerns with Obamas clean energy plans (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6363766.html - Armand Bayou Watershed Festival seeks volunteers (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016709 - Volunteers: Beaches will be cleaned on Bolivar Peninsula (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bay/news/6362677.html - 8 April
- Wildlife Rehab & Education Center needs volunteers (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/memorial/news/6364425.html - Two sides debate drilling off U.S. shores (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6365515.html - Senate gives tentative OK to port factories pollution bill (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6365378.html - Rehab helps turtle with artificial fin (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6365642.html - Trees for Houston and KUHF partner to plant trees (KUHF Tuned In)
http://kuhf.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=3081.0&dlv_id=6401 - Oceanographer: ‘Ike Dike’ could repel most storm surges (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6363846.html - Water board to review requests to leave (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=dcc677954c7cbdc3 - Clean air bill would impact port factories (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6365378.html - Armand Bayou prepares for Watershed Festival 2009 (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pasadena/news/6364487.html - Officials warn road funds are drying up (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6365376.html - Earth Day Houston (Houston Press)
http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-04-09/calendar/earth-day-houston - Land Office program lets beach-goers know water quality levels at all of Texas’ top beaches (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016758 - Earth Day comes naturally at National Wildlife Refuges (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016739 - Building With Trees: Texas Forest Service hosts program (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016763 - 9 April
- Making green choices isnt as simple as it seems (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6366765.html - Diversion Briefs (The Woodlands Villager)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/10/woodlands_villager/lifestyles/wv-d_briefs_4_9.txt - HP Co. on target to meet recycling, reuse goals by 2010 (Waste & Recycling News)
http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?id=1239292385&allowcomm=true - 10 April
- Waste Management hopes for waste-to-energy plants in China (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6367460.html - Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6367739.html - Hey, Houston: Are You Ready For A Three-Hour Commute? (Houston Press)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/04/transit_planning_crossley.php - Green Project: Energy Center I and II (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/04/13/focus4.html?b=1239595200^1807860 - Valero to finance Houston company trying to convert waste to gas (Waste & Recycling News)
http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?id=1239377874&allowcomm=true - 11 April
- Renewable energy ‘green bank’ idea takes root (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6368863.html - Ethanol producers fight slump with jobs in the balance (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6368899.html - 12 April
- Bills would break Harris away from H-GAC (The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=db737a11b08ba296 - Sugar Land to spend $500,000 to upgrade 15 miles of sidewalks (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/6369656.html - Councilman proposes LNG truck alternative (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=804267c5ffd98447 - City proposes system of hike-and-bike trails (Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e0f18fd4bf40ce89 - Earth Day festival gives ways to help save planet (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/12/pasadena_citizen/news/041209_earth_day.txt - 13 April
- Team seeks signs of at-risk turtles’ return to nesting sites (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6370569.html