ECONOTES 2011-06-08: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
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- Record heat amid warnings that global warming will increase smog hazards (Texas Climate News, 06/07/2011)
Houston hit a record high 105 degrees on Monday, June 6th. It was the highest temperature ever seen in June in Houston. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a research and advocacy organization, released a study on June 2nd that Texas will be one of the most impacted states by climate change. If manmade warming creates conditions that add an extra 2 parts per billion of ozone, health-related costs in Texas would rise between $79.53 million to nearly $1.17 billion in 2020.
http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=1813 - Texas Legislature has mixed environmental results (Ramit Plushnick-Masti – Star-Telegram, 05/31/2011)
The Texas Legislative session has ended without a breakthrough with regards to environmental policy. Bills were passed that reduce need for power plants, lower energy costs, result in fewer air pollutants, but other bills were passed that delay efforts to strengthen air permitting rules for the oil and gas industry.
http://www.star-telegram.com - Tompkins: Drought puts wildlife in precarious position (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle, 05/29/2011)
The lack of rain has resulted in many challenges for Texas wildlife. Animals are experiencing difficulty in many tasks such as finding food and hiding nests in the brush. As a result, significant portions of wildlife populations, such as deer, turkeys, and quail, are decreasing.
http://www.chron.com
EcoNotes
- 8 June
- TCEQ Approves Fines Totaling $1,854,902 (TCEQ News)
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/news/releases/6-10Agenda6-8 - Why are we not capable of seeing WATER as part of the COMMONS (Authentically Wired)
http://authenticallywired.com/2011/06/08 - Solar power comes to Baytown (Mark Fleming – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/communities - City begins spraying rotation for mosquitoes (Jane Howard Lee – The Baytown Sun)
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- TCEQ Approves Fines Totaling $1,854,902 (TCEQ News)
- 7 June
- UH prof gets $500K grant for Galveston water study (Barrett Goldsmith – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston - Record heat amid warnings that global warming will increase smog hazards (Texas Climate News)
http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=1813 - City of Friendswood Initiates Voluntary Outdoor Watering Limitations (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story - North Central Texas Council of Governments and Houston-Galveston Area Council Recognized by the EPA for Their Clean Air Initiatives (EPA News)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa - Drought – Texas A&M University (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story - System brings rain, high winds to Crosby (Ben Tinsley – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/communities
- UH prof gets $500K grant for Galveston water study (Barrett Goldsmith – Houston Business Journal)
- 6 June
- CenterPoint in power struggle over transmission line plan (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story - TRIPLE-DIGIT double take: 105° (Naheeda Sayeeduddin and Kenneth Ware Jr. – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/CDA/ - Texas Files Challenge to EPA’s “Tailpipe Rule” Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (News of the Attorney General of Texas)
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release
- CenterPoint in power struggle over transmission line plan (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 4 June
- Southeast Texas Experiencing Historical Drought Conditions (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story
- Southeast Texas Experiencing Historical Drought Conditions (Guidry News)
- 3 June
- Longtime National Park Service veteran named superintendent at Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story
- Longtime National Park Service veteran named superintendent at Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas (Guidry News)
- 2 June
- Firms: Fracking a state say (Times Union)
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Firms-Fracking-a-state-say - Post Fire Rehabilitation Work Continues (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story
- Firms: Fracking a state say (Times Union)
- 1 June
- Centerpoint Energy Braces for Hurricane Season (Ed Mayberry – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/ - Galvestonians: Hurricane Season Has Arrived, Are You Prepared? (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story
- Centerpoint Energy Braces for Hurricane Season (Ed Mayberry – KUHF News)
- 31 May
- Storm season brings surge of concern (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story - Texas Legislature has mixed environmental results (Ramit Plushnick-Masti – Star-Telegram)
http://www.star-telegram.com - New fracturing disclosure rules may take awhile (Tom Fowler – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story - Environmental Defense Fund wins motion against White Stallion air permit (Adriana Acosta – Victoria Advocate)
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011 - Review power plant permit, TCEQ told (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan
- Storm season brings surge of concern (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
- 29 May
- Tompkins: Drought puts wildlife in precarious position (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle)
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- Tompkins: Drought puts wildlife in precarious position (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle)
- 27 May
- Shale Boom in Texas Could Increase U.S. Oil Output (Clifford Krauss – The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/ - Drought Conditions in Texas Strain Power Transmission Lines (Leela Landress and Jim Polson – Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
- Shale Boom in Texas Could Increase U.S. Oil Output (Clifford Krauss – The New York Times)
- 25 May
- The effects of ‘climate change’ on our children’s lungs (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
http://www.uthealthleader.org/
- The effects of ‘climate change’ on our children’s lungs (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)