Environmental Headlines
- 16 July
- Texas to receive up to $23 million for rebate program (The Citizen)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/27/pasadena_citizen/news/071709_applicance_rebates.txt - 17 July
- On the white wings of a dove (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6534713.html - 18 July
- Heat has snakes rattling residents (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6535149.html - 21 July
- Cap-and-trade legislation deserves industry support (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6540709.html - Southwest Houston business helps ‘keep it green’ (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bellaire/news/6539733.html - Conservation not yet being considered (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pearland/news/6539405.html - Farmers tell government: Need help (Go San Angelo)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/jul/20/farmers-tell-government-need-help-now/ - CCEF announces “Stars over Texas†Gala (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019305 - HARC Newsletter, with articles on smog, solar initative, global warming in Texas, and sustainability and the arts (HARC)
http://news.harc.edu/Articles/tabid/1078/Default.aspx - 22 July
- Flood plain moving money from FEMA (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248295550 - Sanitary Sewer Project: Water pumped at intersection not drinkable (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/22/conroe_courier/news/web_drain0723.txt - Conroe City Council hears plans for scenic corridor on FM 3083 (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/22/conroe_courier/news/conroe0723.txt - Rosenberg OKs study on transit service system (Fort Bend Herald)
http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/07/22/news/doc4a6784cf3c9b2485962413.txt - ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019347 - LIT offers alternative energy seminar (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019345 - Greenhouse gas reductions (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/initiatives/story/greenhouse-gas-reductions/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=4cedaf0f44-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072709&utm_medium=email - 23 July
- Texas Clipper update (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248383563 - Trying to go with the flow (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/6542900.html - Blobs of oil, tar-like substance on South Padre Island (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6543808.html - Work will extend trail in Alvin by half mile (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/pearland/news/6543781.html - Barely treading water (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2009_4768604 - BAHEP Presentation on the Ike Dike (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019387 - U.S. EPA’s Region 6 awards $5.8 million in recovery funding in Houston to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019359 - Student interns get feet wet in world of Texas Coastal Fisheries (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090723b - CNU Houston forming (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/cnu-houston-forming/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=4cedaf0f44-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072709&utm_medium=email - Neighborhood planning (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/initiatives/story/stella-chao-community-based-neighborhood-planning/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=4cedaf0f44-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072709&utm_medium=email - Austin, Dallas, and Houston rank among top 20 ‘smarter cities’ (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/austin-dallas-and-houston-rank-among-top-20-smarter-cities/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=4cedaf0f44-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072709&utm_medium=email - 24 July
- Restoring Lake Conroe’s ecosystem (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248469080 - No time to let your guard down during hurricane season (KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1248472719 - Texas Farm Bureau announces first blog (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019414 - Oil tank fire at High Island (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000019396 - Preserve what’s left of area’s beauty (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/24/conroe_courier/opinion/edtjul24.txt - Transportation Efficiency Program $17 Million (SECO)
http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/arra/sep/transportation/index.php - CISD pilot program recycles 397 tons (The Courier)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/25/conroe_courier/news/cisd0725.txt - Traffic trouble: Leaders want stimulus funds for commuter rail along Highway 290 (KHOU)
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou090724_tnt_highway-290-commuter-rail.714e09fb.html - More Kemp’s ridley sea turtle releases in Texas (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6545225.html - Dallas dam fight has local implications (Beaumont Enterprise)
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/dallas_dam_fight_has_local_implications.html - County commissioners to vote on Parkway money, financial study (Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/county-commissioners-to-vote-on-segment-e-money-financial-study/?utm_source=Houston+Tomorrow+Growth+News&utm_campaign=4cedaf0f44-Houston_Tomorrow_Livability_News_0072709&utm_medium=email - 25 July
- In Texas, drought means conserving every last drop (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6547082.html - 26 July
- With extra green, you can go green after disaster (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6547567.html - Trains across Texas (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6548459.ht