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August 3, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-08-03: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. $1.5M project to increase salt water flow to NOAA (Chris Paschenko – The Galveston Daily News, 08/03/2011)
    Galveston beaches are undergoing construction as part of a $1.5 million project to help quadruple the amount of salt water being pumped to the National Marine Fisheries Service. The project will allow the fisheries service to fill about 150,000 gallons of seawater storage tanks four times faster than the current one.
    http://galvestondailynews.com/
  2. Research firm backs EPA contention on Texas coal plants’ ability to comply (Texas Climate News, 08/02/2011)
    A prominent Wall Street research firm reported that its analysis supports the EPA’s assertion that Texas plants can meet the new pollution requirements. The pollution can be decreased through the constant operation of their scrubbers, which remove sulfur from emissions. The new EPA rules are still controversial, with supporters believing they will improve air quality, while opponents believe it will hurt Texas economic growth.
    http://texasclimatenews.org/
  3. Nature Conservancy works to preserve Nash Prairie (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 07/31/2011)
    Some folks might not see the beauty in a hay meadow, as most locals call the Nash Prairie, located about 60 miles southwest of Houston. It does not have the quirky rock formations of Big Bend or the great stands of pine trees and hardwoods of the Big Thicket. But preserving prairies has become an urgent theme. After 200 years of houses, farms and freeways, less than 1 percent of the coastal tall-grass prairie in Texas and Louisiana remains.
    http://www.chron.com/
  4. From a Hazardous Wasteland to an Economy that Sustains Life (Vicki Wolf – Clean Living, 07/26/2011)
    Today’s chemical and energy industries are creating a hazardous wasteland. Texas is the number one state in the nation for generating hazardous waste. Hundreds of thousands of tons are shipped to disposal facilities where the waste is injected underground, buried or incinerated. The compounds are then at risk of contaminating the environment. A study shows that a switch to safer chemicals can be good for the environment and economy.
    http://www.cleanhouston.org/living/

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