Environmental Headlines
- 8 July
- Study: Houston traffic ninth-worst in United States (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/06/daily30.html?surround=etf - A Green Day Downs for Hardware (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6509199.html - 10 July
- USDA helps landowners with conservation options for expiring CRP land (NRCS)
http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/news/releases/expiring_crp.html - 11 July
- The Ike Dike: a Dutch perspective (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6525027.html - 13 July
- Texas Stimulus Funds Available for Public Sector Energy Improvements (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019088 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Texas (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019096 - Lamar University Earth & Space Sciences sends local science teachers back to school (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019082 - Sierra Club Launches New “Hiking Wiki” Website (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019081 - Center Street Recycling center to stay put (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/heights/news/6527140.html - Texas energy projects set to receive $200 million in stimulus money (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/13/daily9.html - Construction begins on METRO light rail expansion in Houston (ABC News)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6913031 - 14 July
- BP A+ for Energy grants bring innovation to classrooms (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019132 - Storm surge prevention for Galveston Bay (ABC News)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6913610 - TCEQ: Sealy HS cleaning crew to blame for Allen’s Creek dumping (Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/news01.txt - Stimulus funds for energy improvements (The Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/15/pasadena_citizen/news/071509_stimulus_funds.txt - Dairy farmers need moola (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247611698 - 15 July
- With fewer places to nest, turtles have a slow season (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6531450.html - NOAA grant to restore Galveston Bay Marsh (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019148 - Texas crop and weather (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019162 - Rice University on global warming (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019158 - Texas will receive funding for state-run rebate program for consumer purchases of new ENERGY STAR qualified home appliances (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019165 - METRO implements changes to reduce energy, water consumption (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019172 - 12 month consumer price index data for Houston, nation (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/12-month-consumer-price-index-data-for-houston-nation/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=82bd2aeaa5-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072009&utm_medium=email - West Nile uptick leads to aerial spraying (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247692305 - 16 July
- Armand Bayou Nature Center in need of volunteers (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019205 - Texas to receive up to $23 million for rebate program (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/17/pasadena_citizen/news/071709_applicance_rebates.txt - Gov. Perry Issues Disaster Proclamation for Extreme Fire Hazard (Office of the Governer)
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/13330/ - Galveston County transit pilot project begins operations (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/galveston-county-transit-pilot-project-begins-operations/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=82bd2aeaa5-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072009&utm_medium=email - Livable Centers could be in Houston’s Future (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247785977 - Elissa sailing again after Ike (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247777669 - 17 July
- Green solutions company Integris opens global HQ in Second Ward (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/07/20/story6.html?surround=etf - States shortchanging cities (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/commentary/story/robert-t.-dunphy/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=82bd2aeaa5-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072009&utm_medium=email - Day triple digits may be ending (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247864057 - 18 July
- City of Montgomery eyes important water rights to west (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/19/conroe_courier/news/water0719.txt - City, county working to battle drought (The Huntsville Item)
http://www.itemonline.com/local/local_story_199194419.html - Recycling plant goes up in flames (ABC News)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6921832 - Protect driver and passengers from breathing dirty air inside the car (The Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/18/pasadena_citizen/lifestyles/071909_car_tips.txt - 20 July
- Litterbugs beware: Other drivers watching you (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6537168.html - New Urban Mobility Report finds congestion costs up to $87.2 billion (The Tribune)
http://www.ourtribune.com/article.php?id=7810 - Taxpayers fight City Hall and win (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019270 - Counties seek master developer (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/harris-county-hosting-grand-parkway-informational-forum-july-21/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=82bd2aeaa5-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072009&utm_medium=email - Skip Kasdorf considers Houston unemployment, job losses (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/skip-kasdorf-considers-houston-unemployment/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=82bd2aeaa5-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072009&utm_medium=email - Texas crops and dollars dry up (KUHF News)
 http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248123790 - Urban birding (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1247875108 - 21 July
- Be a tattletale, turn in a Texas litterbug (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6539196.htm - Rain gives people and their cars a Break (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248216102