Environmental Headlines
- 13 April
- Wanted: 100,000 places to play (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-04-13-kaboom-play_N.htm - Pasadena’s Earth Day celebration will be first no-waste event in region (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/13/pasadena_citizen/news/041409_earth_day.txt - Partners help keep Pearland beautiful (The Journal of Pearland)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/13/pearland_journal/news/4-16_pj_heb_recycling.txt - Keep Pearland Beautiful hosting after hours Thursday (The Journal of Pearland)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/04/13/pearland_journal/news/4-16_pj_kpb_after_hours.txt - Public input needed for coastal planning (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016838 - Texas continues to lead nation in wind power (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/04/13/daily8.html?surround=etf - 14 April
- District sets new rules for groundwater use in county (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/conroe/news/6373469.html - As Yale Street rehabilitated, trees are in trouble (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/heights/news/6372986.html - Longview plant unveils hybrid specialty truck (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6374047.html - SHSU staff council to sponsor Earth Day event (The Huntsville Item)
http://www.itemonline.com/local/local_story_104235124.html - Clute mulch site getting chippy again (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=35f959206d853a21 - 15 April
- Counters to take toll of dead trees in Galveston from Ike (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6375773.html - Pollution estimates for refineries, plants revisited (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6375013.html - It turns out that Ike isn’t through with Isle (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bay/news/6375773.html - Sometimes it pays to own a clunker: Texans cash in during jalopies-for-new cars incentive program (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6375896.html - Pollution estimates for refineries, plants revisited (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6375013.html - Seabrook names Burditt Consultants to design Drusilla Carothers Coastal Gardens property (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016911 - League City Welcomes First ‘Green’ Building (Guidry News) http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016917
- Mayor Bill White Hails EPA’s Favorable Action on More Accurate Pollution Data (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016928 - 16 April
- Couple turn to green power for their home (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6377254.html - Celebrate planet with Earth Day events this weekend (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6377568.html - Prototype hybrid vehicle to be tested at Bayport Terminal (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/04/13/daily32.html?surround=etf - Texas Forest Expo 2009: Protect yourself from wildfires while managing and beautifying your land at the same time (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016968 - BIG THICKET GETS BIG GIFT OF LAND (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016946 - AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $84.8 MILLION FOR VITAL WATERSHED PROJECTS (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016963 - Farmers Market at Clear Lake Shores (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016949 - A revolution in American eating began with one salad (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6377245.html - Sustainability with sex appeal (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/style/6377238.html - Taking pride in our native plants (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/6377242.html
- 17 April
- Architects make plans for a greener future (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6378606.html - HARC project to receive funding for Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/04/13/daily47.html?surround=etf
- Getting Zenn on the roadways (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6378585.html - Earth Day Finders Keepers: Countertop composting (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6378884.html
- High-Speed Rail Lines (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016996 - New pollution limits seen for cars, big plants (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/national/6379530.html - New at spiffier Hermann Park: train station, dining plaza (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6379425.html - When it rains, they store (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6378961.html - Canoes threaten Hogg Bird Sanctuary (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6379646.html - 18 April
- Congress weighs environmental bill in wake of EPA ruling (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6380098.html - 19 April
- Vegetable oil may help fuel turbines at old power plant (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6380763.html - 20 April
- Houston Area Survey: Public Perceptions In Uncertain Times (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017009 - Trees of Houston donates trees to the City of Pasadena (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017036 - 21 April
- Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup set for April 25 (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017075 - Lights Out Houston 2009 (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017064 - A Celebration of the Life of Eleanor Tinsley (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017065 - Houston Children Write for the Earth: WITS Celebrates Earth Day at the Arboretum (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017067 - Frontline: Poisoned Waters
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/