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June 2, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-05-30: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Bill Coats fought to beautify city by planting trees (Mike Tolson – Houston Chronicle)
    Coats, an attorney, died of cancer on May 23. He was 69. Coats had a special passion for the natural world. His dedication to enhancing Houston’s natural environment led him to help found the Hermann Park Conservancy and Trees for Houston, a naturalist organization that has planted more than 375,000 trees around the city since 1983.
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7028587.html
  2. Chevron Blocks Environmental and Human Rights Advocates from Shareholder Meeting (Sea Turtle Restoration Project)
    Environmental and human rights advocates entitled to enter the Chevron shareholder meeting in Houston today were refused entry and five people arrested, including Juan Parras of Houston-based Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Solutions (and recent winner of CEC’s Community Activist Synergy Award), for non-violent civil disobedience. Several protesters donned turtle costumes to oppose Chevron projects in sea turtle habitat.
    http://seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1638
  3. Forget the Ike Dike, let’s improve building methods (John Jacob – Houston Chronicle Editorial)
    If the Ike Dike is built, we can be absolutely sure that many people will build in low-lying areas that are being avoided today. If a structural solution like the Ike Dike could end up making things worse, what are our alternatives? No. 1 is to plan where and how we build.
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7024203.html
  4. Hurricane Season Predictions Illustrate Risks of Climate Change in Houston-Galveston, Texas (Guidry News)
    There have been predictions of multiple strong hurricanes this season in the Atlantic Ocean. The estimate is between 14 and 18 named storms this year, whereas the average has been 11. The coast should be prepared as they are expected to have to endure the storms, which have the potential to cause a lot of damage. Warmer waters in the tropical Atlantic is believed to be the reason for the increase in hurricanes.
    http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000026834
  5. War of Words Continues Over Texas Clean Air Rules (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News)
    The EPA believes that Texas is allowing plants to violate the federal Clean Air Act. In response, they have threatened to take away the right to issue permits for oil and gas refineries. They are battling with Governor Rick Perry who believes that Texas has taken major steps to reducing emissions and that taking away the permits would take away thousands of Texas jobs.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274990525

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