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November 5, 2012

ECONOTES 2012-11-05: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Sugar Land Receives H-GAC’s Top Clean Air Award (Fort Bend News, 10/28/2012)
    The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) recognized the city of Sugar Land with its “Best All-Around Clean Air Leadership” award for the City’s positive impact on air quality within the Houston region. The award is an acknowledgement of Sugar Land’s extensive efforts to improve air quality, primarily by promoting alternative ways of commuting. Examples of these efforts include: Sugar Land’s first ever Bike to Work Day, proclaiming August as “Commute Solutions Month”, promoting Fort Bend County’s commuter transit services with a “Ride Free Month” offer, and much more.
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
  2. Harris County Flood Control District Begins 2012-13 Tree Planting (Guidry News, 10/31/2012)
    The Harris County Flood Control District recently planted 344 oaks, pines, sycamores and other native trees and shrubs along a South Mayde Creek tributary north of Franz Road in northwest Harris County. The Flood Control District’s goal is to plant up to 20,000 trees this tree-planting season, which runs through the end of March. Along with beautifying the sites, the trees provide environmental, structural and economic benefits.
    http://guidrynews.com/
  3. Noxious weed fuels green-energy debate (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 10/30/2012)
    In the race to convert crops into energy, all eyes are on giant reed, a fast-growing and hardy grass species found throughout Texas and the southern United States. Yet, the very qualities that make the species, also known as arundo donax, attractive to the federal government as a renewable fuel source make it a noxious weed, capable of choking native plants, clogging rivers and streams and draining wetlands.
    http://www.chron.com/

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