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February 16, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: February 16, 2015

Featured

  1. Will A New Waste Facility Help Or Hurt A Houston Neighborhood? (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 2/16/2015)
    “Houston is leading the nation in construction of new office buildings, not to mention the thousands of homes and apartments going up. The result isn’t just a lot of shiny new buildings. It’s a lot of leftover building material and demolition debris: lumber, sheetrock, shingles, glass, light fixture. Some of it can be recycled; the rest has to be buried in landfills. Dividing up what goes where and loading it onto trucks happens at what’s called a transfer station. But where to put one of those? At a hearing held in a community center on Houston’s far south side by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, developers told how they would build a transfer station on Holmes Road. Now, if you live anywhere in the area which lies just south of NRG stadium, you know the road has a reputation. And it isn’t good. ”
    www.houstonpublicmedia.org
  2. How Should The Water Quality Be Improved In Armand Bayou? (Syeda Hasan – Houston Public Media, 2/13/2015)
    “Testing show bacteria levels in the Armand Bayou may be above the standards recommended by the state, and that can be hazardous to residents’ health. Tim Tietjens is a resident of the Armand Bayou watershed, an expanse of about 60 square miles between Galveston Bay and Clear Lake. He spends a lot of time out on the water, and he wants to be sure it’s safe… He’s one of about 20 people who turned out for a meeting of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ. They’re here to collaborate with the public on how to improve water quality in the area. Testing shows bacteria levels are above standards set by the state. That can pose a health risk to swimmers, kayakers or anyone else who comes in contact with the water.
    www.houstonpublicmedia.org
  3. Volunteers plant 1,600 trees in two hours at a Houston area Urban Forestry Council competition (Guidry News, 2/11/2015)
    “The Houston Area Urban Forestry Council’s 2015 Arbor Day Tree Planting Competition returned to a stormwater detention basin in the northwest Houston area on February 7, with 176 volunteers – plus numerous judges, helpers and supporters – planting 1,600 trees in two hours…

    Again this year, the Flood Control District provided pines, oaks, elms and other species for the competition, which has enhanced the Hollister Stormwater Detention Basin, just south of White Oak Bayou at the intersection of West Little York and Hollister roads. The new trees joined about 1,500 that were planted at the Hollister basin during last year’s competition and are now thriving at the 56-acre stormwater detention basin site, according to Flood Control District foresters.”
    http://guidrynews.com

News

  • 16 February
    • Will A New Waste Facility Help Or Hurt A Houston Neighborhood? (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
  • 13 February
    • How Should The Water Quality Be Improved In Armand Bayou? (Syeda Hasan – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • NATURE NOTES: Where have all the birds gone? (Cecilia M. Riley – The Facts)
      http://thefacts.com
    • Company Wants to Expand Nuclear Waste Site in West Texas (Travis Bubenik, KRTS – StateImpact)
      http://stateimpact.npr.org
    • World’s oceans clogged by millions of tons of plastic trash(Will Dunham – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
    • U.S. ‘clean coal’ project demise shows EPA plan’s weakness: lawyers (Valerie Volcovici and Ayesha Rascoe – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
    • Gulf Council Seeks Applicants for Federal Fishery Advisory Panels (Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council)
      www.gulfcouncil.org
  • 12 February
  • 11 February
    • Volunteers plant 1,600 trees in two hours at a Houston area Urban Forestry Council competition (Guidry News)
      http://guidrynews.com
    • Houston co.’s plan to pump water from Trinity Aquifer faces opposition (Kimberly Reeves – Houston Business Journal)
      www.bizjournals.com
    • Louisiana Joins Forces with Texas in Annual Crab Trap Cleanup Effort (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
      tpwd.texas.gov
    • EPA Team Looking At Relationship Between Irving Quakes and Disposal Well (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
      http://stateimpact.npr.org
  • 10 February
    • Plan to guide future trail development (Robin Foster – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • Bike lane plan in the works (Julie Butterfield – Community Impact)
      http://impactnews.com
    • TCEQ meeting to address bacteria in Armand Bayou (The Pasadena Citizen)
      www.yourhoustonnews.com
    • Falling Oil Prices Put Spotlight on Crude Export Ban (Mose Buchele, KUT News/StateImpact Texas – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • West Texas Site Wants Nation’s Spent Nuclear Fuel ( Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • Gulf Coast Refinery Companies That Stand to Benefit From Keystone XL Spend Millions on Lobbying (Map Light)
      http://maplight.org
    • Oil & Gas Industry Gave 10 Times More Money to Senators Voting for Keystone XL (Map Light)
      http://maplight.org
  • 9 February
  • 8 February
    • Houston’s 5 Best Public Gardens (Michael Hardy – Houstonia)
      www.houstoniamag.com
    • The Peculiarities of Gardening in Houston (and Why It’s Worth It) (Katharine Shilcutt – Houstonia)
      www.houstoniamag.com
  • 6 February
    • Where are the Water Projects that Are Asking For $5.5 Billion in State Loans? (Philip Issa and Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
      http://stateimpact.npr.org
    • Texas Justices Skirt Underground Trespassing Question (Jim Malewitz and Neena Satija – Trib + Water)
      www.texastribune.org
  • 5 February
    • Texas cattle sees first rebound from drought (Dylan Baddour – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • Riders Get Your Wheels Turning in Texas State Parks (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
      http://tpwd.texas.gov
  • 29 January
  • 28 January
    • The Moving Forward Network: Port Communities in Solidarity for Clean Air and a Healthy Future (Paige Powell – Air Current News)
      http://airalliancehouston.org
  • 21 January

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