Environmental Headlines
- 29 June
- Heights woman is Honey Queen (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/heights/news/6503161.html - 30 June
- GLO awarded more than $5 million for coastal habitat recovery (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018853 - 1 July
- The deadline nears for Small Business Administration disaster loans (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=124648212 - EPA takes action on gender-bending chemical (Sierra Club)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=117424.0 - Order To End Pollution At BP Plant (Houston KPRC (NBC) 2)
- http://www.click2houston.com/news/19901756/detail.html
- City of League City Implements Mandatory Water Rationing (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018890 - 2 July
- Is the sun killing your plants? (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1246573002 - CO2 concerns could aid a nuclear revival (Texas Climate News)
http://www.texasclimatenews.org/TCNJournal/7209WillCO2concernsaidanuclearrevival/tabid/1042/Default.aspx - Houston ends troubled waste firm’s contract (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6509416.html - Congressmen call energy bill ‘disastrous’ (Galveston County Daily News)
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=76dccf3863de4759 - Hillary Clinton urged to stop dirty oil pipelines (Sierra Club)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=117802.0 - City of Houston Adds to Wind Energy Commitment (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018920 - Local children go toe to toe for Hershey’s Track and Field Finals (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018915 - Higher premature birth risks linked to vehicle emissions exposure (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/higher-premature-birth-risk-associated-with-exposure-to-car-exhaust/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=e31150b2ec-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0070609&utm_medium=email - Texas Department of Transportation to be extended two years without reforms (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/txdot-to-be-extended-two-years-reforms-unlikely/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=e31150b2ec-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0070609&utm_medium=email - 3 July
- Los Angeles and Houston expand use of renewable energy (TCN Journal)
http://www.texasclimatenews.org/TCNJournal/7309Renewabletaleoftwocities/tabid/1046/Default.aspx - Contingency projects emerge as transit bids come up short (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/story8.html?surround=etf - Turbine Air Systems turns up the funding heat (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/story5.html?surround=etf - Health care facilities among those working toward greener future (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/focus2.html?surround=etf - Characteristics of Mars (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018927 - Celebrate greater energy independence this 4th of July (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018934 - Secretary Clinton receives Pipeline Permit Protests (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018926 - Bringing Recycling to April Sound (Conroe Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/05/conroe_courier/lifestyles/0705_april_sound.txt - 6 July
- Contingency projects emerge as transit bids come up short (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/story8.html?surround=etf&b=1246852800%5E1855665 - Health care facilities among those working toward greener future (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/focus2.html?surround=etf&b=1246852800%5E1855516 - Park-and-ride service begins today (Galveston Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b75f7a9248100807 - Will urban population gains give cities more political power? (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/will-urban-population-gains-give-cities-more-political-power/ - Even while demand is reduced, US crude oil prices average above $60 for past six weeks (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/us-crude-oil-prices-average-above-60-for-past-six-weeks1/ - 7 July
- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard testimony running the gamut on clean energy and global warming (Sierra Club)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=118601.0 - UH Team analyzes Hurricane Ike’s Effects on Waterways, Fish Contamination (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000018979