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February 27, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-03-02: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. TPC delays vote on bike/ped funding cuts (Vilas Bhuchar – Houston Tomorrow, 03/01/2011)
    The Houston – Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council voted on Friday morning to delay by 30 days its vote on a $12.8 million cut in funding toward bike and pedestrian projects already in the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), to allow time to gather further public comment, following over 20 speakers and two petitions in favor of bicycle, pedestrian, and livability spending.
    www.houstontomorrow.org
  2. House-Passed Bill Would Slash Funding For Columbia Bottomlands Forest (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News, 03/01/2011)
    A bill that is now circulating in the Senate could cut more than $60 billion from the federal budget, including deep cuts to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. That would reduce the program’s budget by 90%. This could have a major impact on Columbia Bottomlands forest of San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, just over an hour south of Houston.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1299022044
  3. From gentle stream to junk-laden mess (Allan Turner – Houston Chronicle, 02/28/2011)
    In most places, Buffalo Bayou seems appealingly clean and green. It all changes in Bering Ditch, where the good bayou ends. The concrete-line drainage ditch’s stream turns the water brown. Storm runoff then dumps an overwhelming amount of junk, including tires, cans, plastic bags by the hundreds, and shopping carts by the score, into the waterway. Recently, workers helped to cleanup the area.
    www.chron.com
  4. Rising Seas Could Swamp Some Texas Cities By 2100 (Forrest Wilder – The Texas Observer, 02/24/2011)
    One impact of climate change is sea-level rise. As oceans rise from melting glaciers and ice sheets, this could put entire communities along the coasts in danger. Scientists estimate about a one meter sea-level rise by 2100. Some Texas cities may be swamped by the Gulf. Almost 50 percent of Port Arthur and Galveston are less than 1 meter, or three feet, above sea level.
    www.texasobserver.org

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