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August 31, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-08-31: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Water Conservation is key to accommodating growth (John Jacob – Houston Chronicle, 08/24/2011)
    Houston has been forced to enact mandatory water conservation due to scarce resources, and the city is expected to grow by 4 million people in the next three to four decades. The state-mandated Region H water-planning group believes that there is more than enough water to accommodate the expected growth, although many area scientists do not agree. Water conservation will remain a big topic in the upcoming years.
    http://www.chron.com/
  2. State officials still weighing how to deal with climate change in water plan (Texas Climate News, 08/30/2011)
    Five years ago, state officials controversially chose not to factor man-made global warming into the Texas State Water Plan. The Plan is set to be updated in four months and the agency is still deciding how to address human-caused climate change. The current record-setting drought has been attributed by experts to La Niña, but they also say that man-made global warming has made the situation worse.
    http://texasclimatenews.org/
  3. Offshore wind Texas-style: fast and big (Melissa Mehony – Smart Planet News, 08/18/2011)
    Coastal Point Energy has a goal to get a single 3-megawatt wind turbine built and running off Galveston by the end of the year. This would be the country’s first offshore wind farm. Baryonyx Corporation also has plans for turbines off the coast of Texas, near Corpus Christi and South Padre Island. These could take huge strides in the energy industry. The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club has not yet taken a stance on the projects, as the effect the wind farms might have on populations of migratory birds, fish and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles is unknown.
    http://www.smartplanet.com/

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