ECONOTES 2010-09-22: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Dike visitors urged to avoid birds’ nest area (T.J. Aulds – The Galveston County Daily News, 9/11/2010)
Since Hurricane Ike destroyed the Texas City Dike two years ago, a variety of birds, including hundreds of black skimmers, have settled in the area. There is concern about this population as the city prepares to re-open the dike. Since skimmers prefer open ground for nesting, they chose the dike after many high tides in the spring took out their previous nesting areas.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=da88793f6553adda - TCEQ In The Hot Seat (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News, 9/20/2010)
Texas State Agencies must justify their existence every 12 years as part of a “sunset review”. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has its review this week. Residents recently with TCEQ’s executive director and asked hard questions about the agency’s policies and practices.
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1284954360 - A new push by city: greener offices (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle, 9/15/2010)
Houston will be initiating a yearlong program called the Green Office Challenge to get property owners and managers to reduce their energy consumption and water use and waste, and to encourage them to recycle, carpool, and use eco-friendly products.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7203038.html
EcoNotes
- 21 September
- EPA wants you to clear out your medicine cabinet (ABC13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/09/21/epa-wants-you-to-clear-out-your-medicine-cabinet/
- EPA wants you to clear out your medicine cabinet (ABC13 News)
- 20 September
- TCEQ In The Hot Seat (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1284954360
- TCEQ In The Hot Seat (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
- 17 September
- Group projects greener future for region (John Lowman – The Facts Covering Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/news/article_79f05f02-c213-11df-9a04-001cc4c002e0.html - EPA investigating BP ‘catastrophic release’ (T.J. Aulds – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/176666 - From scraggly feathers to beautiful in no time (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7206172.html
- Group projects greener future for region (John Lowman – The Facts Covering Brazoria County)
- 16 September
- Texas Files Legal Action To Block Imposition Of EPA Regulations That Threaten Texas Jobs (Attorney General of Texas News)
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3484 - EPA Requests Information Related to BP Texas City Refinery Benzene Release (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/a82c50047d011bda852577a0006fa72d!OpenDocument - Another Round of Texas Legal Challenges On Emissions (Kate Galbraith – Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/attorney-generals-office/another-round-of-legal-challenges-on-emissions/ - City Challenges Office Buildings to Go Green (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1284678134
- Texas Files Legal Action To Block Imposition Of EPA Regulations That Threaten Texas Jobs (Attorney General of Texas News)
- 15 September
- Deadline set on refiners to comply with air rules (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/7201303.html - A new push by city: greener offices (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7203038.html
- Deadline set on refiners to comply with air rules (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 14 September
- Official: EPA, Texas working on permit solution (Ramit Plushnick-Masti – Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_bi_ge/tx_epa_vs_texas - U.S. Expects to Sue Over Deepwater Horizon Disaster (Thomas Catan – The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704190704575490303549250386.html - General Electric Adopts Advanced Telemetry’s ‘EcoViewTM Residential’ Energy Management System (Marketwire News)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/General-Electric-Adopts-Advanced-Telemetrys-EcoView-Residential-Energy-Management-System-NYSE-GE-1318217.htm
- Official: EPA, Texas working on permit solution (Ramit Plushnick-Masti – Associated Press)
- 11 September
- Dike visitors urged to avoid birds’ nest area (T.J. Aulds – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=da88793f6553adda - Recovered from Ike, Texas City Dike reopening (Robert Stanton – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7195640.html
- Dike visitors urged to avoid birds’ nest area (T.J. Aulds – The Galveston County Daily News)
- 9 September
- Panel of experts dissects environmental issues (Ashley Evans – The Daily Cougar)
http://thedailycougar.com/2010/09/09/panel-of-experts-dissects-environmental-issues/ - Texans testify about coal-burning power plant ash (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/7193905.html - EPA Gets an Earful at Coal Ash Disposal Hearings (Environment News Service)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2010/2010-09-09-092.html
- Panel of experts dissects environmental issues (Ashley Evans – The Daily Cougar)
- 8 September
- Healthy homes, healthy lives: Making the American dream smarter (Building Healthy Communities News)
http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/blog/healthy-homes-healthy-lives-making-the-american-dream-smarter/
- Healthy homes, healthy lives: Making the American dream smarter (Building Healthy Communities News)