ECONOTES 2013-01-21: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Park named for Kingwood resident Herman Little wins awards from H-GAC (The Kingwood Observer, 01/17/2013)
Herman Little Park, which opened last July just south of Old TownSpring, is the most outstanding new local park in its category and was recently awarded by the 13-county Houston-Galveston Area Council. Herman Little Park encompasses a 55-acre site connecting directly to three neighborhoods – Highland Glen subdivision on the east and North Hills Estates and Lynwood Estates on the north and west. The park features parking, restrooms, a pavilion, a natural play-scape, a skateboard park, two soccer fields, four picnic areas, a community garden, hike and bike trails, a 4.5-acre fishing pond, a canoe launch, a wetlands observation deck, six exercise stations and jogging trails.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - Houston ranks high on list of Texas’ major transportation challenges (Molly Ryan – Houston Business Journal, 01/17/2013)
Deterioration, congestion and traffic safety concerns are increasingly affecting Texas’ roadways, according to a new report, and many of these issues are severely impacting the Houston area. Trip, a Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group, released its report, “Texas’ Top 100 Transportation Challenges and Improvements Needed to Address Them,†on Thursday, and out of the 100 issues listed, 17 of them were in the Houston area.
http://www.bizjournals.com/ - Climate change gets a prominent place in Obama’s second inaugural address (Texas Climate News, 01/21/2013)
President Barack Obama gave a prominent nod to climate change in his inaugural address, devoting about seven percent of the speech to the issue and signaling that it will be a priority in his second term in the White House. President Obama’s second term offers tremendous opportunity to turn the tide on this problem.
http://texasclimatenews.org/
EcoNotes
- 21 January
- Climate change gets a prominent place in Obama’s second inaugural address (Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/ - How One Texas Lawmaker Wants to Fund the Water Plan (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - 2013: Not The Year Of Shale (Andrew Schneider – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Local Hen Movement Takes New Legislation To City Council (KUHF News)
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- Climate change gets a prominent place in Obama’s second inaugural address (Texas Climate News)
- 20 January
- EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli (EPA News)
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- EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli (EPA News)
- 18 January
- Jonathan McElvy: Here’s the scoop — picking up pet waste isn’t a big joke (Jonathan McElvy – The Leader)
http://www.theleadernews.com/ - Oil And Gas Related Earthquakes? (Mose Buchele – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Board approves reservoir to help rice farmers (Vanesa Brashier – Cleveland Advocate)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - As drought persists, many scramble to save every drop of water (Carey Gillam – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - Oil And Gas Related Earthquakes? Texas Regulators Speak no Evil (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Drought Claims 2,000 Jobs in Panhandle (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Time to Begin Work on Texas State-Fish Art Contest Entries (Guidry News)
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- Jonathan McElvy: Here’s the scoop — picking up pet waste isn’t a big joke (Jonathan McElvy – The Leader)
- 17 January
- Houston ranks high on list of Texas’ major transportation challenges (Molly Ryan – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/ - Park named for Kingwood resident Herman Little wins awards from H-GAC (The Kingwood Observer)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - Drought Eases In The Houston Area, But It’s Not Yet Over (David Pitman – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Can graywater keep Texas landscapes green? (Conservation Matters)
http://twri.tamu.edu/ - EPA launches new voluntary program to help reduce harmful soot pollution (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - This Week in Drought: Slight Improvement, But a Worrying Forecast (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - ED EMMETT: Toll roads, natural gas future of transportation (Crystal Simmons – The Examiner)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
- Houston ranks high on list of Texas’ major transportation challenges (Molly Ryan – Houston Business Journal)
- 16 January
- Board approves reservoir to help rice farmers (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - What Are ‘Environmental Flows’ And How Does Texas Protect Them? (David Barer – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Report Recommends Changes to Tax Exemption for Fracking (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - How New Texas Water Supplies Could Help Both Farmers and Cities (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Media Advisory: EPA Training on Toxics Release Inventory Database for the Media (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline (EPA News)
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- Board approves reservoir to help rice farmers (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 15 January
- Texas Study Finds Increase in Water Used for Fracking (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - EPA Finalizes Revisions to Clean Air Standards for Stationary Engines (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ - Thanks to Limits, Flounder Making a Comeback on Texas Coast (David Barer – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - The TCEQ takes additional action to satisfy senior water-right call (TCEQ News)
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/
- Texas Study Finds Increase in Water Used for Fracking (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
- 14 January
- Why are there more wrecks in some places than others? (Owen Conflenti – Click 2 Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/ - Public meeting set for Armand Bayou I-Plan (The Pasadena Citizen)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - Texas Energy Industry Could be Stymied by Small Grouse (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - Environmental Groups Issue Position Statement on Texas Water Planning and Funding (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/ - Back to drawing board on proposal for Park-and-ride (Catherine Dominguez – The Courier of Montgomery County)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
- Why are there more wrecks in some places than others? (Owen Conflenti – Click 2 Houston)
- 12 January
- As Texas Bakes in a Long Drought, Water Becomes a Focus for Legislators (Manny Fernandez – The New York Times)
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- As Texas Bakes in a Long Drought, Water Becomes a Focus for Legislators (Manny Fernandez – The New York Times)
- 11 January
- New Year’s Was a Day at the Park (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
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- New Year’s Was a Day at the Park (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
- 10 January
- In Brownwood, Unique Wastewater Plant Still Not a Done Deal (David Barer – StateImpact)
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- In Brownwood, Unique Wastewater Plant Still Not a Done Deal (David Barer – StateImpact)
- 9 January
- Google sinks $200 million into Texas wind farm (Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com/ - With irrigation water unlikely, farmers want reservoirs (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - USDA includes 157 Texas counties as drought, heat disaster areas (Dallas News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/
- Google sinks $200 million into Texas wind farm (Fuel Fix)