Environmental Headlines
- 5 May
- Hutchison Receives Center for Coastal Conservation’s Lifetime Achievement Award (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017459 - 6 May
- Contract awarded for Seabourne Creek drainage improvements (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/6410340.html - Critics: Toxics bill a lot of hot air (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6411815.html - Keep Pearland Beautiful has entered into a 90-day ‘pilot program’ for an additional recycling (The Journal of Pearland)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/05/06/pearland_journal/news/5-7_trial_recycle.txt - Rice University Students Give Sneak Peak of Zero-Energy House (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017492 - 7 May
- Lamar University offers Project Earth Science Explorations for middle school teachers (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017509 - Deadly 2008 Boating Season Prompts Expanded Public Outreach (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090507b - Properties sued to find sewage leaks (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=e6b21c11dc7ae11b - Amendment would change transportation commission (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6414146.html - PHA Commission approves $4 million for Bayport projects (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/05/07/pasadena_citizen/lifestyles/050809_port_of_houston.txt - 8 May
- HPARD pools to open in two phases (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017556 - Expanding The Ride (The Woodlands Villager)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/05/08/woodlands_villager/news/wv-n_cc_expanding_the.txt - E. coli alert urges Baytown residents to boil water (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/6415555.html - 9 May
- Bill requires drivers to give cyclists enough space (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6416673.html - Water district to discuss treatment system (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b19bb8676242c37f - Uncertainty surrounds rail price tag (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6415647.html - 10 May
- Oaks and Oleanders on Galveston Island After Hurricane Ike (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017594 - Boil Order Short Lived (The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b61cf04ee8c9382b - 11 May
- ‘Greener’ Baytown to be honored at Council (Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=a9ad5dc869fda048 - Head to Texas State Parks for Free Fishing (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090511b - Florida Largemouth Bass Changed Texas Fishing Forever (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090511a - New phorid fly species turns red imported fire ants into ‘zombies’ (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017615Â - Hutchison Announces Nearly $400,000 For the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017596Â - Representative Gene Green on Friday announced that President Obama has recommended that Houston Metro receive full funding grant agreements for the North and Southeast light rail corridors (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017612 - Developer hopes to expand English Bayou work (Galveston Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=8d54042b55f51d4a - USDA in Texas: Progress Report on the First 100 Days (NRCS)
http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/news/releases/usda_progress.html - 12 May
- Dell bans e-waste export to developing countries (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6420465.html - Congressman Ron Paul sponsors HR 1768, the Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Automobile Tax Credit Act (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017637 - Houston Has A Good Recycling Idea? Unpossible! (Houston Press)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/houstonreuse_recycle.php - E-15 Gasoline for All? Â “Not So Fast” Says Boat Owners Association (Guidry news)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017655 - Novelty race at Marathon tower covers 39 stories (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/run/6423201.html - Program helps residents buy cars, ease smog (Brazoria County Facts)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=40b6822eb934ef35 - Ethanol bankruptcy filing a blow to biofuels industry (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6419497.html - Beautification Committee plans farmers market (Humble Observer)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/05/13/humble_observer/news/21beautification.txt - 13 May
- Smog could cost Houston industries $150 million a year (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6421236.html - Cost of cleaner air: power bills $27 more a month (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6421392.html - Texas State Parks To Host National Trails Day Events June 6 (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090513a - New bus route to hit the gears this summer (Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=9e1789c5db4f760e - River delta areas can provide a clue to environmental changes (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017668 - 14 May
- UST Ranks First in Texas in Recycling Competition for Second Year  (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017703 - Hunters Creek Village breaks ground on Metro-funded project (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000017705 - Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo in Austin Suspended (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090514a - Tools available for growing garden to make ends meet (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6421338.html - Lets keep nature in mind as we mend infrastructure (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6424927.html - House approves $6.4 billion for green schools (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/washington/6424043.html - 15 May
- Deal moves climate-change bill moves closer to vote (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6425171.html - TCEQ Approves Fines of $117,048 against Solutia (Alvin Sun-Advertiser)
http://alvinsun.net/articles/2009/05/16/news/doc4a0de0035d455338609167.txt - 16 May
- Greenpeace: Waxman-Markey bill not strong enough to stop global warming (The Texas Climate Emergency Team)
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/greenpeace-waxman-markey-clim - Report warns tech gadgets threaten environment (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/6427414.html - House shoppers find going green in Houston a challenge (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/chron10008/6423163.html - 17 May
- Biking to work not for the weak (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/alief/news/6428570.html - 19 May
- Obama to new auto mileage, emissions standards (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6432093.html - Path in Congress not clear for climate change bill (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6430315.html - Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary offers summer camp for kids (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/memorial/news/6431356.html