ECONOTES 2010-07-21: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Warmest June on record worldwide – and unusually hot across Texas (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=1740&tabid=688 - Dream on the Bayou: Houston business groups tout $500 million park plan (Lisa Gray – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/7114095.html - Executive Order for the Stewardship of Our Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes (White House Press Release)
On July 19th, 2010, President Barak Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the National Ocean Council.
www.whitehouse.gov/oceans
Econotes
- 14 July
- Kids need to shape up this summer (Mimi Honeycutt – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/7108123.html - New Caney ISD hires specialist to help save energy (Kristi Thomas – Montgomery County Observer)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/14/east_montgomery/news/28emcenergyncisd.txt - METRO expalns Metrorail Bike Hours (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000027987
- Kids need to shape up this summer (Mimi Honeycutt – Houston Chronicle)
- 15 July
- Economic study approved for Lake Conroe (Beth Kuhles – Ultimate Woodlands)
http://www.ultimatewoodlands.com/2010/07/economic-study-approved-lake-conroe - County to begin energy conservation efforts (Beth Kuhles – Ultimate Woodlands)
http://www.ultimatewoodlands.com/2010/07/county-begin-energy-conservation-efforts - Galveston County Seeking Public Comment on Master Plan for Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Conservation and Natural Resources (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028012
- Economic study approved for Lake Conroe (Beth Kuhles – Ultimate Woodlands)
- 16 July
- Warmest June on record worldwide – and unusually hot across Texas (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=1740&tabid=688 - Tarball typing challenges theory of suicidal jellyfish (Bill Schadewald – Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/19/editorial1.html?ana=e_ph - Local seminar to teach landscapers on being wise with water (The Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2010/07/16/news/news10.txt
- Warmest June on record worldwide – and unusually hot across Texas (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
- 17 July
- Valdez spill’s effects on fish raise concerns (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7113052.html - As political leaders of the Oil Patch, Houston-area members of the House face a balancing act in protecting jobs, the industry and environment (Richard S. Dunham – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7113070.html
- Valdez spill’s effects on fish raise concerns (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 18 July
- Residents hear presentation on superfund site (Mark Fleming – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story/51986 - Dream on the Bayou: Houston business groups tout $500 million park plan (Lisa Gray – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/7114095.html
- Residents hear presentation on superfund site (Mark Fleming – The Baytown Sun)
- 19 July
- Better bayous make a better city (Houston Chronicle Editorial)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7115408.html
- Better bayous make a better city (Houston Chronicle Editorial)
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- New initiative to bring more green spaces to Houston (Deborah Wrigley – KTRK-TV Channel 13)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7565615 - Public input sought on proposed park and ride (John Tompkins – The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/news/article_c54dc5ca-92e8-11df-b9cb-001cc4c002e0.html - Nature Tourism Council Annual Meeting Set for July 20 (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028063 - H-GAC Hosts Open Houses, Invites Public to Learn More About Proposed SH 288/Brazoria County Park & Ride (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028064 - Report birds with leg bands (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028070 - Galveston Arts Center presents Dixie Friend Gay: Mural Studies 1998–2009 (Guidry News)
http://cechouston.org/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=7647&message=1 - PHA, Maersk to receive grant to reduce emissions (Deer Park Broadcast)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/20/deer_park_broadcaster/lifestyles/072210_port_maersk.txt
- New initiative to bring more green spaces to Houston (Deborah Wrigley – KTRK-TV Channel 13)
- 20 July
- Defend against dengue: Mosquito-borne plague re-emerging along Gulf just as budgets are cut (Houston Chronicle Editorial)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7117217.html - Park and Ride to close July 31 (Nancy Flake – The Courier of Montgomery County)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/20/conroe_courier/news/parkride072010.txt - Liberty, Texas, Student Wins Top Honors in State-Fish Art Contest (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028108
- Defend against dengue: Mosquito-borne plague re-emerging along Gulf just as budgets are cut (Houston Chronicle Editorial)
- 21 July
- Federal money available for East Texas landowners with longleaf pines (Texas Forest Service)
http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/main/default.aspx?dept=news&news_coll=otherHeadlines
- Federal money available for East Texas landowners with longleaf pines (Texas Forest Service)