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November 29, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: November 29, 2015

Featured

  1. Metzger, Smith: Our water infrastructure isn’t up to task to handle pollution (Luke Metzger and Sara Smith – Houston Chronicle, 11/20/2015)
    “Last month, more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage overflowed across Houston, the result of Halloween weekend rains swamping the sewage system. The sheer volume of stormwater transmitted by roads and parking lots into sewers overwhelmed the capacity of the system and sewage was released to nearby bayous and ultimately to Galveston Bay. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an isolated incident – there are more than 40,000 sewer overflows every year in the United States. These events, along with other pollution picked up by stormwater, contribute to 80 percent of the major waterways in Greater Houston not being safe for swimming or fishing.”
    www.chron.com
  2. Houston East End Greenbelt-Green Ambassadors awarded highest USDA honor (Your Southeast Texas, 11/24/2015)
    “Going green can change the world; one community at a time. The mission to spread this message brought national recognition to the Green Ambassadors and Texas A&M Forest Service. Earlier this month, Green Ambassadors from the Latino Legacy program working on the Houston East End Greenbelt project received the 2015 Abraham Lincoln Honor Award for Diversity, Inclusion and Outreach — one of the United States Department of Agriculture’s highest honors. This award recognizes employees and partnerships that demonstrate exceptional commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity, and effecting positive change to benefit the entire USDA workforce.”
    www.yoursoutheasttexas.com
  3. How Scientists Are Using Freezers To Save Texas Plants (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 11/24/2015)
    “The Texas landscape may be in for some changes. It may take decades but if global warming happens as many scientists predict it will, some native plants may not survive. Some may even have a challenge this winter as the weather pattern known as El Nino heads for Texas. ”
    www.houstonpublicmedia.org

EcoNotes

  • 29 November
    • Wind Energy in Texas (The New York Times)
      www.nytimes.com
    • Texas Lawmakers Seek Abbott’s Blessing on Oil Theft Crackdown (Jim Malewitz – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
  • 27 November
    • Clean energy innovation is key at Paris talks (Jason Bordoff – CNBC)
      www.cnbc.com
    • EPA developing new guidelines for toxic algae in lakes, rivers (Wisconsin Gazette)
      www.wisconsingazette.com
    • Triumph of digital toxicology: why the US won’t regulate deadly chemicals (Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman – Ecologist)
      www.theecologist.org
    • NextEra Energy Resources agrees to sell Texas fossil generating assets to an affiliate of Energy Future Holdings (PR Newswire)
      www.prnewswire.com
  • 26 November
    • EPA asks court to withdraw registration of Dow herbicide (Karl Plume – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
  • 25 November
    • Forester honored by Texas A&M University System (The Gilmer Mirror)
      www.gilmermirror.com
    • Vista Ridge Parent Company Enters Pre-Bankruptcy (Kiah Collier – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • In Texas, Turkey Hunting is On the Decline (Miles Hutson – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • EPA expected to nudge higher biofuels mandates: sources (Chris Prentice – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
  • 24 November
    • Houston East End Greenbelt-Green Ambassadors awarded highest USDA honor (Your Southeast Texas)
      www.yoursoutheasttexas.com
    • How Scientists Are Using Freezers To Save Texas Plants (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • Climate Change Group Gives Texas An ‘F’ (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • Texas A&M Chemistry Student Heads to Paris for U.N. Climate Talks (Texas A&M News)
      www.science.tamu.edu
    • Environmental Groups Sue State Over Lapsed Permits (Kiah Collier – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • Songbirds Bring Exotic Strain of Ticks to Texas (Traci Badalucco, Medill News Service – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • U.S. government agencies to slash greenhouse gas emissions 41.8 percent (Valerie Volcovici – Planet Ark News)
      http://planetark.org
    • EPA Regulations To Cause Double-Digit Electricity Price Increases In Nearly Every State (Michael Bastasch – The Daily Caller)
      http://dailycaller.com
  • 23 November
    • CHP for Community Resilience and Energy Efficiency: HARC now Operating as DOE Southwest CHP Technical Assistance Partnership (Gavin Dillingham – HARC Blog)
      www.harcresearch.org
    • Gulf Council to Convene a Meeting of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council)
      http://gulfcouncil.org
    • How Americans are – and aren’t – making eco-friendly lifestyle changes – Pew Research Center (Green Sight)
      www.greensight.com
  • 20 November
    • Metzger, Smith: Our water infrastructure isn’t up to task to handle pollution (Luke Metzger and Sara Smith – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • Investor Objection Threatens Hunt’s Oncor Takeover Plan (Jim Malewitz – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • After Outcry, Miller Delays Hikes on Agriculture Fees (Jim Malewitz – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
  • 19 November
  • 18 November