ECONOTES 2013-01-07: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Houston’s Luce Bayou project may save Lake Conroe water supply (Howard Roden – Your Woodlands News, 12/13/2012)
The Luce Bayou Interbasin Transfer is a $297 million project designed to convey water owned by Houston from the Trinity River basin to Lake Houston. Supported by the city of Houston, the Region H Planning Group and other governmental entities, the Luce Bayou project will serve as Houston’s primary backup water supply. However, some environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, object to the project.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - Making our coastlines more resilient (Guidry News, 12/25/2012)
Part of the underlying value of seeking coastal resilience is adapting to the coastal conditions of that area, understanding the geological and hydrological, ecological and historical forces impacting the beachfront and making nearshore and upland decisions based on that. A resilient coastline does not keep people away – it just keeps them safer when storms strike, giving them a better chance of having a home to come back to once the wind stops blowing.
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - Texas Environment 2012: A Year In Review (Rod Rice – KUHF News)
As 2012 draws to a close the big environmental story in Texas was another year of drought. The extended dry weather took a toll on our environment and the state’s economy. Large parts of the rest of the country also suffered from severe drought and 2012 is expected to be the hottest year on record.
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EcoNotes
- 4 January
- Latest Drought Outlook: Dry Spell Could Continue in Texas (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - EPA Releases First Set of Draft Risk Assessments Under Existing Chemicals Work Plan Effort (EPA News)
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- Latest Drought Outlook: Dry Spell Could Continue in Texas (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
- 3 January
- Under Pressure, LCRA Announces New Plan That Could Cut Off Rice Farmers (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Tax credit’s renewal saves Texas wind industry from its own fiscal cliff (Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/ - Another Record Settlement for Gulf Oil Spill (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident (Department of Justice News)
http://www.justice.gov/ - Activists want Obama to halt Arctic oil drilling (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Statement from TCEQ Commissioner Toby Baker on today’s DOJ partial settlement with Transocean (TCEQ News)
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- Under Pressure, LCRA Announces New Plan That Could Cut Off Rice Farmers (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
- 2 January
- Christmas Trees May be Left Curbside for Recycling (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - Last Year Was Hottest On Record For Houston Area (Florian Martin – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Future plans continue in local area for 2013 and beyond (Elsa Maxey – Fort Bend Star)
http://www.fortbendstar.com/ - Wind Tax Credit Spared in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
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- Christmas Trees May be Left Curbside for Recycling (Guidry News)
- 1 January
- Lawmakers want money to flow into water projects (Matthew Tresaugue – My SA News)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/ - Grounding of Shell rig raises bigger questions on arctic drilling (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
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- Lawmakers want money to flow into water projects (Matthew Tresaugue – My SA News)
- 31 December
- Texas Environment 2012: A Year In Review (Rod Rice – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Our Top 5 Stories of 2012 (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
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- Texas Environment 2012: A Year In Review (Rod Rice – KUHF News)
- 28 December
- Christmas Trees Get New Purpose With Houston Recycling Program (Florian Martin – KUHF News)
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- Christmas Trees Get New Purpose With Houston Recycling Program (Florian Martin – KUHF News)
- 27 December
- Lawmaker Targets Natural Gas Drilling Exemption (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Investing in Natural Capital Makes Good Economic Sense (Vicki Wolf – CLEAN)
http://www.cleanhouston.org/ - Marylee Orr: Changing balance of power between industry and Gulf Coast communities (Vicki Wolf – CLEAN)
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- Lawmaker Targets Natural Gas Drilling Exemption (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 26 December
- One Way Carbon Emmissions are Making it Harder to Research Biofuels (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
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- One Way Carbon Emmissions are Making it Harder to Research Biofuels (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 25 December
- Making our coastlines more resilient (Guidry News)
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- Making our coastlines more resilient (Guidry News)
- 24 December
- When Bicyclists are Banned, Some Texas Roads Cause Rage (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
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- When Bicyclists are Banned, Some Texas Roads Cause Rage (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
- 21 December
- Bill Aims to Prepare Texas for Climate Change (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - TPWD Seeks Input on Possible Coastal Fisheries Regulation Changes (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/ - EPA Releases Update on Ongoing Hydraulic Fracturing Study (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - Case Study on Barnett Shale: U.S. EPA Releases Update on Fracking (StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - As Eagle Ford Counties Look for Help, Texas Crude May Head to Canada (StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - EPA Finalizes Clean Air Standards for Industrial Boilers, Incinerators and Cement Kilns (EPA News)
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- Bill Aims to Prepare Texas for Climate Change (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 20 December
- Judge Delays East Texas TransCanada Pipeline Decision (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Anti-tax activist sues Houston over bond measures (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Rare tropical bird spotted in Austin (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - EPA and National Science Foundation Support Research for Safer Chemical Design (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - Business Pleads Guilty to Defrauding TCEQ Grant Program (TCEQ News)
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- Judge Delays East Texas TransCanada Pipeline Decision (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 19 December
- New Soot Standards Will Better Protect Public Health (Larry R. Soward – Air Alliance Houston)
http://airalliancehouston.org/ - Bike Score comes to Houston (Jay Blazek Crossley – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/ - Genomic frontier: The unexplored animal kingdom (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - Start the New Year off on the Right Foot! (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - 2012 Set to Break Record for Highest Average Temperature in Texas History (Elizabeth Trovall – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - How Drought and Wildfire Could Bring Bears Back to Texas (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Regulators push offshore firms on safety (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - EPA Study Reveals Shift in Housing Developments Across the U.S. / More communities embrace redevelopment (EPA News)
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- New Soot Standards Will Better Protect Public Health (Larry R. Soward – Air Alliance Houston)
- 18 December
- Reader Response: Real vs Artificial Christmas Trees (Elizabeth Trovall – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - ERCOT Says the Grid Can Handle Electric Cars (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Looking for Trouble: Will Lawmakers Beef Up Drilling Inspections? (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Mobility study augments street classifications for multi-modes of transportation (Robin Foster – Your Bellaire News)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - NOAA, Ducks Unlimited conserving America’s coasts (Guidry News)
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- Reader Response: Real vs Artificial Christmas Trees (Elizabeth Trovall – StateImpact)
- 17 December
- The Downside of Using Algae as a Biofuel (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Opinion pendulum continues its swing away from climate-change skepticism (Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/ - Environmentalists to challenge offshore lease sales (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/ - EPA Enforcement in 2012 Protects Communities From Harmful Pollution (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - TCEQ requires stricter conservation in Brazos River Basin (TCEQ News)
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- The Downside of Using Algae as a Biofuel (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 15 December
- Behind the scary water headlines (Mary E. Kelly – The Statesman)
http://www.statesman.com/ - Gregory Park Multi Purpose Ball Field Breaking Ground (Guidry News)
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- Behind the scary water headlines (Mary E. Kelly – The Statesman)
- 13 December
- Houston’s Luce Bayou project may save Lake Conroe water supply (Howard Roden – Your Woodlands News)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - Texas judge lifts order on TransCanada pipeline (WacoTrib)
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- Houston’s Luce Bayou project may save Lake Conroe water supply (Howard Roden – Your Woodlands News)
- 12 December
- Conroe Catahoula well has too many contaminates (Howard Roden – Your Conroe News)
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- Conroe Catahoula well has too many contaminates (Howard Roden – Your Conroe News)