ECONOTES 2011-07-27: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Life abounds in Texas’ last surviving bit of coastal prairie (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 07/26/2011)
The Nash Prairie, located about 60 miles southwest of Houston, is the last part of a 9 million acre landscape that used to stretch from Louisiana to south of Corpus Christi. The Nash Prairie was recently purchased by the Nature Conservancy to become a preserve as well as a laboratory and seed bank to help landowners restore their property.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/ - Drought is taking toll on Texas aquifers (Steve Cambell – Star-Telegram, 07/24/2011)
The drought in Texas is not only taking a toll on crops, wildlife, and above-ground water sources, but it is also causing the state aquifers to drop at an alarming rate. Texas’s 9 major and 21 minor aquifers supply about 60 percent of the state’s water. Unfortunately, the drought situation is expected to worsen in August.
http://www.star-telegram.com/ - Car Pool? Park and Ride? Local Organization Encourages Transit Alternatives (Edel Howlin – KUHF News, 07/21/2011)
Houston-Galveston Area Council began its annual Alternative Work Transit campaign. Most people in Houston have to drive to work every day. The campaign encourages people to use alternative transportation, including carpooling, using Metro bus and rail, and teleworking. H-GAC is encouraging Houstonians to make a commitment to try a commute alternative at least once during the month of August.
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EcoNotes
- 27 July
- Why a beach’s economic power matters to you (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - EPA Delays Smog Rule For Fourth Time (Timothy Gardner – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - Input Sought in Making New Park Unique and Distinctive (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - 26 July
- Life abounds in Texas’ last surviving bit of coastal prairie (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/ - Shale Oil Boom Sends Waste Gas Burn-Off Soaring (Anna Driver and Bruce Nichols – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - 25 July
- Water stations need equipment, security upgrades (Christopher Smith Gonzalez – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/ - 24 July
- Drought is taking toll on Texas aquifers (Steve Cambell – Star-Telegram)
http://www.star-telegram.com/ - Can Sewage Help Solve Texas’ Water Problems? (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - 22 July
- Bloomberg, Sierra Club Make $50 Million Anti-Coal Move (Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - Veteran foresters tapped to help lead Texas Forest Service (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - The upside to Texas drought: clean El Paso ponds (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Springwoods Village raises residential green standards (Jennifer Dawson – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/ - Texas Tech offers computer help to track water (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Drilling regulators will hold contractors liable for infractions (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com/blog/ - 21 July
- Houston on list for Walgreens’ electric vehicle charging stations (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/ - Drought Impacts on Texas Reservoirs Mounting (Texas Parks and Wildlife News)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - Beat the heat, and high electric bills, with careful energy use (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ - Republicans take aim at clean air, clean water, wolves and fuel efficient cars (Barbara Kessler – ABC 13)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ - Car Pool? Park and Ride? Local Organization Encourages Transit Alternatives (Edel Howlin – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Chambers burn ban lifted thanks to rain (Ben Tinsley – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/ - United States Postal Service going green (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - 20 July
- Study Predicts More Unhealthy Air for Houstonians if Proposed Coal Plant Built (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story - TCEQ approves fines totaling $1,115,124 (TCEQ News)
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/news/ - Reps. Mike Thompson, Gene Green issue statement on formation of new e-waste task force (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - How Walkable Is Houston? (Edel Howlin – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/ - EPA Administrator rejects ERCOT concerns about clean air rule (Dave Michaels – The Dallas Morning News)
http://energyandenvironmentblog. - 19 July
- Texas Fireflies Doing A Disappearing Act, Say Texas A&M Researchers (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story - MIT study finds coal-fired power plant would add to Houston’s smog (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - 14 July
- Grass carp keep hydrilla in check, but too many can destroy native vegetation (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - 13 July
- EPA’s cross-state rule will hurt Texas economy (Bryan W. Shaw – My SA News)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/ - New EPA rulings on pollutant emissions, opposed by Texas officials, make good sense (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Oil pipeline’s path is clearing (Neela Banerjee – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - 12 July
- Two factors are likely to strengthen support for domestic natural gas in our energy mix (Houston Chronicle)
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