ECONOTES 2013-07-02: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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1. Galveston County Public Water Systems Face Restrictions (Elizabeth Koh and Ian Floyd – The Texas Tribune, 7/8/2013)
   Galveston County could face water shortages in the next few months as its public water systems begin to feel the stress of the summer heat, though the most likely cuts will be to outdoor watering. The Gulf Coast Water Authority, which serves all of Galveston County except for the city of Friendswood, could potentially run out of water in less than 180 days, according to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality list of public water systems that have implemented usage limits in municipal areas.
   https://www.texastribune.org/
2. New arboreal champion crowned in Greens Bayou watershed (Houston Chronicle, 7/5/2013)
   After a developer removed a century-old American sycamore in the Heights last month, another tree assumed top honors on the Harris County Tree Registry. It’s likely few people have ever seen the 105-foot giant that stands in the deep woods of the county flood control district’s Greens Bayou watershed. The natural treasure is a distance from any road.
   http://www.houstonchronicle.com/
3. Keystone XL’s Gulf leg is 80% complete (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News, 7/5/2013)
   The northern leg of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline may be mired in controversy, but the southern portion of the project is almost complete, company officials said Friday. Dubbed the Gulf Coast Pipeline, that southern leg is on track to begin carrying up to 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Cushing, Okla., to Nederland in southeastern Texas by the end of the year.
   http://www.mysanantonio.com/
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EcoNotes

• 8 July
  • Galveston County Public Water Systems Face Restrictions (Elizabeth Koh and Ian Floyd – The Texas Tribune)
    https://www.texastribune.org/
  • Texas Puts Luminant Mining Under Closer Financial Scrutiny (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 7 July
  • Moth Night is coming July 20 to Trinity River Refuge (Casey Stinnett – Cleveland Advocate)
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
• 5 July
  • New arboreal champion crowned in Greens Bayou watershed (Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.houstonchronicle.com/
  • Register for Mercer’s summer color event (Kathy Huber – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/
  • How Texas Won the Race to Harness the Wind (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Keystone XL’s Gulf leg is 80% complete (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
    http://www.mysanantonio.com/
• 3 July
  • Why Galveston Beach Officials Say Seaweed Is Actually A Good Thing (Jack Williams – KUHF News)
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  • Stranded costs: Can the socioeconomic solar divide be bridged? (Greg Harman – Texas Climate News)
    http://texasclimatenews.org/
  • Backyard Grilling Increases Air Pollution, But Can Texans Live Without It? (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 2 July
  • How Do You Save Hundreds of Species in Texas ? (Michael Marks – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Which Galveston Beaches Pose Dangers To Visitors? (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News)
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  • Court rejects SEC rule on oil company payments (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
    http://www.mysanantonio.com/
• 1 July
  • Houston Arboretum & Nature Center to host raw food preparation class July 28 (Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/
  • How Much Can the Gulf Coast Take? Part V: Foundations of Community Resilience (Vicki Wolf – CLEAN)
    http://www.cleanhouston.org/
  • Capture of carbon dioxide may aid coal, oil (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
    http://www.mysanantonio.com/
• 30 June
  • In Texas, a Push to Show Farmers How to Save Water (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
    http://www.texastribune.org/
• 29 June
  • Walk on by: New pedestrian bridge over Buffalo Bayou nears completion (Clifford Pugh – CultureMap Houston)
    http://houston.culturemap.com/
• 24 June
  • Seed2Plate Co-Op is Elementary (The Heights Life)
    http://theheightslifehouston.blogspot.com/
• 20 June
  • City of Houston Increases Renewable Energy Purchase (The City of Houston News)
    http://www.greenhoustontx.gov/
• 16 June
  • Green council proposes park ‘container home’ (Catherine Dominguez – USGBC News)
    http://www.usgbc-houston.org/