Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: January 13, 2022
Why hasn’t Harvey aid reached those in need?
(Houston Chronicle, Emily Foxhall and R.A. Schuetz, Updated 01/11/22. Photo by Yi-Chin Lee.)
“Houston was slow to distribute Harvey funding… there was so much back-and-forth between the Democrat led city and the Republican-led Texas General Land Office over how programs should be run.”
Cleanup efforts begin after storms rock area
(Houston Chronicle, Paul Takahashi, Updated 01/10/22. Photo by Jason Fochtman.)
“The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado with winds up to 85 mph touched down in the vicinity of the airport. Hobley’s home suffered minor damage in comparison to her neighbors’
New groundwater rules could sink homes in the woodlands by a foot
(Houston Chronicle, Emily Foxhall, Updated 01/06/22. Photo by Jon Shapley.)
“It’s much cheaper to pull water up from underground because it doesn’t need to be treated as heavily. But if too much is pumped, the water can get harder to reach and the ground can sink. How much is too much…”
Additional Headlines
- 01/13/22
- Handling of Harvey funds raises questions (Editorial – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- API president warns against foreign energy dependence (James Osbourne- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Attorneys argue again over Harvey flooding (Emily Foxhall – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/12/22
- Recent cold snap heats up debate about power grid (Shelby Webb- Houston Chronicle)
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- Texas oil revenues rose by $2 billion (Paul Takahashi – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Recent cold snap heats up debate about power grid (Shelby Webb- Houston Chronicle)
- 01/11/22
- U.S. emissions rose in 2021, with coal up (Brady Dennis and Maxine Joselow – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Pipeline giant adding Navitas in $3.25 B deal (Dug Begley – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- U.S. struggled with climate disasters report show (Seth Borenstein- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchonicle.com
- It’s not Tornado Alley, but twisters still are common here (Andrea Leinfelder- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/10/22
- Texas seeks funding from feds to clean up abandoned wells (James Osbourne – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Deals finally signed on project to rebuild Cullen Boulevard (Houston Chronicle- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- AG backs landowner in rail project fight (Alexa Ura- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/09/22
- Roofing company slims down prices for solar shingles (Tik Root – Washington Post [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Texas electric grid still is not reliable (Chris Tomlinson- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Net-zero goals could find a path by sea (Ramanan Krishnamoorti and Aparajita Datta- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Oil firms wrestle with public image (James Osbourne – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/08/22
- Feds halt $1.95 B in Harvey funding (Zach Despart- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Freeze was factor in sending electricity prices up (Shelby Webb- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 2021 saw fewest oil discoveries in 75 years (Paul Takahashi – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/07/22
- VW unveils its electric microbus (Briefs – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Banks extending credit to oil companies (Paul Takahashi- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- We dodged a wildfire, but what’s to stop more blazes? (Micaela Edelson – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/06/22
- Texans cut home power use to unsafe levels, report says (Shelby Webb – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Shale giants fear oil’s rise will spur new glut (David Wethe – Bloomberg [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com