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January 12, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: January 13, 2015

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  1. Terry Hershey’s environmental activism changed Houston and sparked conservation in Texas. (Lydia Saldaña – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, 1/6/2015)
    “One cause. One woman. Indomitable energy. It was enough to jump-start the Houston environmental movement in the mid-’60s and lay the groundwork for a generation of activists. Terese “Terry” Tarlton Hershey first got involved in what would become her life’s work in 1966. She and her neighbors observed a mess of fallen trees and bulldozed undergrowth along Buffalo Bayou and called county offices, expecting a remedy. She was outraged to learn that the Harris County Flood Control District and the Army Corps of Engineers were in the process of rerouting Buffalo Bayou without public notice. She was even more incensed when she realized officials planned to do nothing to stop the destruction.”
    http://tpwmagazine.com
  2. City saves on sending waste to the landfill (Katherine Driessen – Houston Chronicle, 1/5/2015)
    “As a committee mulls an ambitious and controversial “one bin” project that could overhaul recycling and waste collection in Houston, the city’s traditional mode of getting rid of trash just got cheaper. A renegotiated contract with the city’s primary waste hauler, approved by City Council late last month with little fanfare amid a deluge of end-of-year requests, is set to save the city about $600,000 annually, according to the city’s Solid Waste Management Department.”
    www.houstonchronicle.com
  3. Environmental Group Wants Loophole Closed On Oil And Gas Pollution (Dave Fehling – StateImpact, 1/8/2015)
    “According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the biggest source of air pollution in Texas are oil and gas wells, emitting far more pollution than petrochemical plants or refineries. Yet, federal law exempts those drilling operations from having to report all their chemical releases to a publicly accessible national database called the Toxics Release Inventory. ‘That would be very useful to an average citizen in Texas to know that they can go and find out the whole picture,’ said Adam Kron, a lawyer with the Environmental Integrity Project. The group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to get the agency to change its rules and start making oil and gas operations report pollution to the national database.”
    https://stateimpact.npr.org

EcoNotes

  • 12 January
  • 11 January
    • Rule on Natural Gas Rate Hikes is Fuel for Debate (Jim Malewitz – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
  • 9 January
  • 8 January
    • Ranking the best and the worst cruises for the environment (spoiler alert: it’s not pretty) (Bruce Watson – The Guardian)
      www.theguardian.com
    • Environmental Group Wants Loophole Closed On Oil And Gas Pollution (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
      https://stateimpact.npr.org
    • What’s Behind the Earthquakes in Dallas? (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
      http://stateimpact.npr.org
    • Marvin Nichols Reservoir Stays in State Plan (Neena Satija – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
  • 7 January
    • Suit seeks EPA decision on oil-field chemical disclosure (Matthew Tresaugue – Express News)
      www.expressnews.com
    • Environmental Group Wants Loophole Closed For Oil And Gas Pollution (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • ‘You could let the river be a river’ (Rebecca Elliott – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • Mercer hosts sustainable parking lot conference (The Tribune)
      http://ourtribune.com
    • US Geological Survey records 9 small quakes in North Texas (Diana Heidgerd)
      http://news.yahoo.com
    • Texas seismologists investigate quakes near old Cowboys stadium (Marice Richter – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
  • 6 January
    • Terry Hershey’s environmental activism changed Houston and sparked conservation in Texas. (Lydia Saldaña – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine)
      http://tpwmagazine.com
    • State parks embrace measures to protect dark skies at night (Rob McCorkle – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine)
      http://tpwmagazine.com
    • Pest-eating flyers face an uncertain future. (Amy Price – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine)
      http://tpwmagazine.com
    • Texas has lost most of its prairie, but pockets of grassland are preserving diversity. (Russell A. Graves – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine)
      http://tpwmagazine.com
    • H-GAC regional bike, pedestrian plan open for public comments (Jocelyn Kerr – The Examiner)
      www.yourhoustonnews.com
    • Employee recognized for helping develop tool to assess wildfire risk (Texas A&M Forest Service)
      http://txforestservice.tamu.edu
    • Game Wardens Investigating Whooping Crane Death (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
      http://tpwd.texas.gov
    • White House: Obama won’t sign Keystone legislation (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
      www.mysanantonio.com
    • How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale (Will Dunham – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
    • Council moves sewer project forward amid cost concerns; Some residents wary over increasing project price (Trey Mewes – Austin Daily Herald)
      www.austindailyherald.com
    • Hey, I’ll have the low methane beef and the low water veggies. (Jim Mitchell – The Dallas Morning News)
      http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com
  • 5 January
  • 4 January
    • Environmental groups explore options after judge’s ruling (Matt Hollis – The Baytown Sun)
      http://baytownsun.com
  • 2 January
  • 1 January
  • 31 December
    • EPA, state of Texas partner to provide safe drinking water projects to state(WaterWorld)
      www.waterworld.com
    • Keeping Your Green Resolution with EarthShare (EarthShare)
      www.earthshare.org