August 4, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-08-04: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured EPA rejects Texas’ challenge of finding on greenhouse gases (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News – July 30, 2010) http://texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/72910EPArejectsTexaschallenge/tabid/1760/Default.aspx Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been Dumping Site (Campbell Robertson – New York Times – July 29, 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30gulf.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 Corps ‘crossed the line,’ suit alleges Agency is accused of avoiding environmental study on Galveston (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle…

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August 4, 2010

EPA WEBCAST: “Re-Visioning Landscapes with LID: The Houston Experience”

Title: EPA WEBCAST: “Re-Visioning Landscapes with LID: The Houston Experience”Location: The comfort of your own deskEvent Link: Click hereDescription: Free. Join us for the “Re-Visioning Landscapes with LID: The Houston Experience” webcast. During the past winter, the Houston Land/Water Sustainability Forum sponsored a national Low Impact Development (LID) Design Competition. The competition was created to educate design professionals, decision makers…

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August 4, 2010

Armand Bayou Water Quality Report

Title: Armand Bayou Water Quality ReportLocation: Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH) North Office Annex (NOA) Building University of Houston at Clear Lake Houston, Texas 77058 Event Link: Click hereDescription: At the end of June, TCEQ Commissioners unanimously decided NOT to lower the bacteria pollution standards for “primary contact recreation” streams (those streams where people swim, wade, etc.). However, TCEQ Chairman…

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