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April 7, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-04-07: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Incentive to Recycle (KUHF News – Laurie Johnson)
    Houston has expanded its recycling program to more households and has provided larger containers to hold the recyclable products. There is a new system called RecycleBank that offers points in exchange of recyclables. The points cand be redeemed for gift cards and products. This system has already prevented 4.4 million pounds of recyclables from being added to landfills.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1270248554

  2. 2010 may be a deadly year for monarch butterflies (Eric Berger - Houston Chronicle)
    Butterfly experts are estimating a smaller number of monarch butterflies flying through Texas this spring. The butterflies, which spend their winters in reserves in Mexico, had to endure a very wet and cold winter as well as illegal logging in the area. As a result, the population may have declined by up to 60 percent.
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6928853.html
  3. Ships to go greener closer to shore (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    The International Maritime Organization, which regulates shipping and pollution from ships, has ruled that ships must switch to cleaner low-sulfur fuel when operating within 230 miles of the coast. This should greatly affect Houston, which has some of the nation’s most polluted air. The thousands of ships that visit the Port of Houston each year should hopefully not have as damaging impact on the environment as the visits have in previous years.
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6932549.html

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