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September 14, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-09-14: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Too wacky? Moving water from flood to drought (Seth Borenstein – Yahoo! News, 09/09/2011)
    The East has been inundated with rain, while Texas remains dangerously dry. This has brought up previous tempting visions of installing pipelines to carry water across the nation. This would help out both regions with their water problems. Unfortunately, moving vast quantities of water is not simple or cheap, and thus not realistic. The distance is too great and it would cost too much money. There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of water, just an unequal distribution of it.
    http://news.yahoo.com/
  2. Houston’s Electric Vehicle Initiative (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News, 09/08/2011)
    The City of Houston has launched its comprehensive, city-wide electric vehicle program called Houston Drives Electric. This program is designed to implement clean and economic driving alternatives. The first public electric vehicle charging station, the Freedom Station, was installed at the HEB Buffalo Market in SW Houston. 28 additional stations are planned to be built at city libraries and parks.
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  3. A tenth of extra summer heat due to emissions growth, state climatologist says (Texas Climate News, 09/12/2011)
    Climatologist, Nielsen-Gammon, says 9 percent of summer’s extra heat (that is, about 0.5 degree of the 5.4 degrees F in extra heat from previous summers) was caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions. The La Niña weather pattern is the main reason for the drought, but man-made global warming has exaggerated its effects. The extra degrees in temperature increased the rate of evaporation, making groundwater more scarce.
    http://texasclimatenews.org/

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