ECONOTES 2010-12-15: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Environmental Groups Take On Oil Giant (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 12/14/2010)
Environment Texas and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corporation for violating the clean air act by releasing illegal amounts of pollutants into the air. Luke Metzger, the director of Environment Texas, says more than 15,000 people live within a three mile radius of the refinery and millions more live within range of the emissions.
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1292365930 - Galveston to plant 25,000 trees over the next five years (Holly Huffman – Texas Forest Service)
The Galveston City Council has announced a plan to reforest the island by planting 25,000 trees over the next five years. Hurricane Ike caused Galveston to lose more than 13,000 trees. The salty water that was blown on shore ultimately poisoned a large portion of the Island’s trees.
http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/popup.aspx?id=12358 - Christmas Bird Count serves a worthy purpose (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle, 12/03/2010)
More than 60,000 volunteers are expected to take part in the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, which started on Dec. 14. The counts provide critical information about changes in the winter distribution and population status of birds. These changes may be a result of environmental factors or habitat alterations.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7323185.html
EcoNotes
- 15 December
- Longleaf pine trees could mean big bucks for East Texas landowners (Cherokeean Herald)
http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2010-12-15/Agriculture
- Environmental groups file lawsuit against ExxonMobil (Mark Fleming – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/news/article_13699a88-0803-11e0-92e2-001cc4c03286.html - Altus opens Baytown’s first ‘green’ medical complex (Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/news/article_4a520686-0801-11e0-b7ba-001cc4c03286.html - Greenstar launches “all-in-one†recycling (Nicole Bradford – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/12/15/greenstar-launches-all-in-one.html - Sierra Club Sues Exxon Over Baytown Plant Pollution (Erwin Seba – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/wen/60580
- Longleaf pine trees could mean big bucks for East Texas landowners (Cherokeean Herald)
- 14 December
- Environmental Groups Take On Oil Giant (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1292365930 - Enviros Sue ExxonMobil Over Air Laws (Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/26130049/detail.html - Aging Oil Rigs, Pipelines Expose Gulf to Accidents (Ben Casselman – The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article - Look for organically grown, Fair Trade holiday blossoms (ABC13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/12/14/look-for-organically-grown-fair-trade-holiday-blossoms/ - Lawsuit: Exxon Mobil must reduce emissions at refinery (Houston Chronicle – Matthew Tresaugue)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7338518.html
- Environment Texas and Sierra Club sue ExxonMobil to stop illegal air emissions at Baytown Refinery Complex (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000031407 - Brush Fire at Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary (Susan Billetdeaux – Surfbirds News)
http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Mail/Texas_Birds/830886
- Environmental Groups Take On Oil Giant (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News)
- 13 December
- Cloud “Feedback” Affects Global Climate and Warming, Says Study (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000031373 - Liquid coal, dirtier than even regular coal, could get taxpayer subsidies (Miles Grant – ABC13)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/12/13/liquid-coal-dirtier-than-even-regular-coal-could-get-taxpayer-subsidies/ - Clear Lake residents call Houston drainage fee ‘double-taxation’ (Gabe Gutierrez – KHOU News)
http://www.khou.com/news/Clear-Lake-residents-call-Houston-drainage-fee-double-taxation-111816934.html - City of Houston to expand single stream recycling to 1/4 of all homes (Jay Blazek Cossley – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/city-of-houston-to-expand-single-stream-recycling
- Cloud “Feedback” Affects Global Climate and Warming, Says Study (Guidry News)
- 11 December
- Cancun, a carbon tax, gas vs. coal, Texas’ “stubborn†officials … and more (Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=972
- Greenhouse gas curbs are weeks away for Texas (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7334403.html
- Cancun, a carbon tax, gas vs. coal, Texas’ “stubborn†officials … and more (Texas Climate News)
- 10 December
- Mix a nutritious treat for winter birds (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7334096.html - Galveston to plant 25,000 trees over the next five years (Holly Huffman – Texas Forest Service)
http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/popup.aspx?id=12358 - EPA Regulations May Shut 50,000 MW Of Coal Plants: Brattle (Scott DiSavino – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/wen/60531 - Forecast system to warn TX residents of ‘red tide’ (Nicole Bradford – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/12/10/forecast-system-to-warn-tx-residents.html - El Paso Pipeline Ruptures West Of Houston (Erwin Seba, Eileen O’Grady, Kristen Hays and Bruce Nichols – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/wen/60529
- Mix a nutritious treat for winter birds (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
- 9 December
- EPA Postpones Smog Rule Until July (Ayesha Rascoe – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/wen/60518 - New practice expected to delay offshore drilling (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7330898.html
- EPA Postpones Smog Rule Until July (Ayesha Rascoe – Planet Ark News)
- 8 December
- Drought’s grip threatens state with arid 2011 (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7330820.html
- Drought’s grip threatens state with arid 2011 (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
- 7 December
- Texas-based Jacob White Development Achieves Triple LEED® Platinum (Green Building Services)
www.greenbuildingservices.com/
- Texas-based Jacob White Development Achieves Triple LEED® Platinum (Green Building Services)
- 4 December
- Blowin’ in the wind: Business uses turbine to generate electricity (Allison P. Smith – Brenham Banner-Press)
http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2010/12/04/news/news03.txt
- Blowin’ in the wind: Business uses turbine to generate electricity (Allison P. Smith – Brenham Banner-Press)
- 3 December
- Christmas Bird Count serves a worthy purpose (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7323185.html
- Christmas Bird Count serves a worthy purpose (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
- 30 November
- Climate conference expected to generate little but tropical fun for attendees (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/7318298.html
- Climate conference expected to generate little but tropical fun for attendees (Houston Chronicle)
- 29 November
- Report: LEED buildings fetch higher ROI (Nathalie Weinstein – DJC Oregon)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/29/report-leed-buildings-fetch-higher-roi/
- Report: LEED buildings fetch higher ROI (Nathalie Weinstein – DJC Oregon)