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July 23, 2013

ECONOTES 2013-07-23: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. Interactive: Texas vs. the Federal Government (Becca Aaronson, Alexa Ura, Chris Chang, Ben Hasson and Todd Wiseman – The Texas Tribune, 7/17/2013)
    Led by Attorney General Greg Abbott, Texas has fought the federal government for control over various issues, including environmental regulation and oversight of voting laws. This interactive highlights the 18 lawsuits that the state currently has pending against the federal government. The Environmental Protection Agency continues to be Texas’ most frequent opponent in legal battles under Abbott, with 14 active lawsuits.
    https://www.texastribune.org/
  2. Five Ways Climate Change Threatens Energy in Texas (Michael Marks – StateImpact, 7/18/2013)
    The Department of Energy released a report recently looking at how climate change and extreme weather could make our power supplies more vulnerable. Given that it’s the nation’s leader in energy production, Texas was prominently featured. The report looks at both current and future threats to the energy sector from climate change. The three major trends include: increasing temperatures of air and water; decreasing water availability in certain regions; and increasing frequency and intensity of storms and flooding.
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  3. Montgomery County shares Greenway with Bayou Land Conservancy (Chris Cotelesse – The Potpourri, 7/21/2013)
    An occupancy agreement between the Montgomery County Commissioners and Bayou Land Conservancy will save taxpayers between $80-90,000 annually on staffing the Spring Creek Greenway Nature Center. Montgomery County Commissioner James Noack said his plans for the center’s future funding could save additional revenue. The center will also receive its own line item on the county’s next budget if Noack is successful in funding Greenway with floodplain mitigation credits instead of Precinct 3’s general fund. Those credits are created when protected land is developed for commercial or residential uses. The county must create a new protected area of comparable size, and the developer must pay a fee — part of which could fund Greenway.
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/

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