Environmental Headlines
- 7 July
- Whole Foods will test private label products for genetically engineered organisms (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily19.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - University of Houston team analyzing Galveston Bay for pollutants (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily13.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Galveston entities to share $22 million FEMA grants (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily16.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Pickens halts plans for Texas wind farm (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6518428.html - 8 July
- Texas Transportation Institute: transit, better land use reduces congestion, saves money (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/tti-transit-better-land-use-reduces-congestion-saves-money/ - Council OKs sign changes to improve city’s image (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6519921.html - T. Boone Pickens scraps huge wind farm (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily33.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Hurricane insurance claim complaints kept to minimum, report says (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily32.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Texas awarded economic recovery funds for water infrastructure projects (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily26.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Scottrade adds Energy Corridor office (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily23.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Senate gets earful on clean energy (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019014 - Hearing on landfill granted (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/09/conroe_courier/news/landfill0709.txt - Chemicals detected in Clear Creek fish, officials say (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6520491.html - Council OKs sign changes to improve city’s image (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/6520437.html - Attack carbon emissions using gas, nuclear power (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6520356.html - County awards bid for recycling center (News Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/08/waller_county_news_citizen/news/recycling070909.txt - First day of tree removal cuts Galveston residents deep (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ike/galveston/6520424.html - City design guide seen as threat to transit measure (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6520437.html - EPA announces $160 million in recovery act funds for water infrastructure projects in Texas to boost economy, create jobs, and protect public health (EPA)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/e8f4ff7f7970934e8525735900400c2e/221ab502c82099a5852575ed005239d6!OpenDocument - 9 July
- Planning Houston’s transit future (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247179330 - 100 coal plants prevented or abandoned (Sierra Club News)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=115741.0 - Conroe hears plans to boost mobility, economic development (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/conroe/news/6522267.html - 10 July
- NOAA grant to restore Galveston Bay Marsh a “happy surprise” for state (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090710a - Iffy weather could idle endeavour of space shuttle launch (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247259970 - High school students find leadership on first wilderness adventure (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247263231 - City planning document prohibits high-density development (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/city-planning-document-prohibits-urban-development/ - Houston ranks high in auto accidents (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/houston-ranks-high-in-auto-accidents/ - Reasons behind the veto of the smart growth bill (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/commentary/story/david-crossley21/ - Houston-area pump prices fall again (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily55.html?surround=lfn&ana=test - Cleaning solutions improperly dumped in Allen’s Creek (Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/news02.txt - The National Guard: fighting pollution, not insurgents (Houston Press)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/national_guard_ecology.php - Learn to camp, enjoy outdoors at Texas State Parks this fall (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090710b - Senate leaders working on climate bill (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/senate-leaders-working-on-climate-bill/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=990832ecb4-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0071309&utm_medium=email - 11 July
- Energy-climate overhaul an uphill battle in Congress (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6524623.html - Polluted spoil ups tab for marina (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b89e5d90ccc3ffb0 - 12 July
- Alvin Council approves bike trail expansion (The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=a06e63746e5e68fc - 13 July
- Metro kicks off new Light Rail Construction (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247524366