Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: January 27, 2022
San Marcos River home to 7 endangered species
(Houston Chronicle, Annie Blanks, Updated 01/22/22. Photo: Staff file photo)
“The animals are endangered because their numbers are declining, and their habitats are increasingly disappearing. The gambusia, for instance, went extinct because of human activities that polluted and weakened the groundwater, which ultimately weakened the habitat.”
Houston eyeing own tunnel vision
(Houston Chronicle, Emily Foxhall, Updated 01/23/22. Photo by Mark Mulligan.)
“The tunnel provides a case study for Houston engineers analyzing whether to build something similar to protect the nation’s fourth-largest city. The region’s flood control infrastructure fell far short when Hurricane Harvey hit …and portending the stronger, wetter storms that climate change is expected to bring.”
Despite law, disabled Texans still at risk in disasters
(Houston Chronicle, St. John Barned-Smith, Updated 01/25/22. Photo by Jon Shapley.)
“A law passed later in 2021 was supposed to help ensure that disabled Texans got help in times of emergency… investigation found that city officials are confused about how to implement the new law and that disabled Texans are just as vulnerable as they were last year.”
Additional Headlines
- 01/27/22
- EPA’s chief’s visit gives communities hope (Keith Downey- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Growth if Grand Parkways sparks a disputed plan to widen FM 529 (Dug Begley- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/26/22
- Exxon up to old tricks in breaking its promise in Guyana (Chris Tomlinson- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Vehicle charging company’s HQ coming to area (Marissa Luck – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Group eyes methane leaked in West Texas (Paul Takahashi- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/25/22
- Houston oil CEOs differ on future of output (Paul Takahashi- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Kerry cautions nation against wider resilience on natural gas (James Osbourne- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/24/22
- Vertical Leap (Al Lewis – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/23/22
- US and China are climbing to the top of the LNG industry (Bloomberg News- [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Clean energy era of perpetual prices declines is likely over (Will Wade, David R Blaker, and Josh Saul, Bloomberg News [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Analysis: Laredo plant increases cancer risk (Kiah Collier and Maya Miller- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 01/21/22
- Study: Superstores can rely more on solar (Tik Root- Washington post [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Texas courting firms focused on electric vehicles and space (Shelly Hagan- Bloomberg [repost Houston Chronicle]) www.houstonchronicle.com
- County says feds should directly send flood funds (Jasper Scherer- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Pemex takes ownership of Deer Park refinery (Amanda Drane, Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Freeze leaves shivers of dread (Andrea Leinfelder and Monique Welch- Houston Chronicle) www.hosutonchronicle.com
- Cold sends natural gas supplies plunging (Bloomberg- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com