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October 12, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-10-12: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. We must protect our prairie potholes (Bob Stokes – Houston Chronicle, 09/23/2011)
    In April, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers issued issued draft guidance for determining whether a waterway, water body or wetland is protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA). This wetlands guidance is important because several recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have removed certain critical waters and wetlands from protection under the CWA. Galveston Bay needs this protection as its wetlands are crucial to the longterm health of the bay, and therefore, quality of life and the local economy.
    http://www.chron.com/
  2. Professor says state agency censored article (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 10/10/2011)
    A Rice University professor, John Anderson, has accused the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of deleting all references to climate change and sea-level rise from an article he wrote about changes in Galveston Bay. Anderson believes that the changes are all about politics. He said TCEQ will not publish the article without the deletions, and he will not accept the changes. As a result, the publication of The State of the Bay has been delayed.
    http://www.chron.com/
    Update: Rice professor accepts Gulf article’s fate (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 10/11/2011)
    John Anderson has accepted TCEQ’s decision to kill the article. “I’m willing to live with not having it published,” John Anderson said Tuesday. “I refuse to have it published with their deletions.”
    http://www.chron.com/
  3. Scuba diving at Flower Garden rivals more exotic locales (Pam LeBlanc – Houston Chronicle, 09/29/2011)
    Just 115 miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border, the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary offers a similar experience to other exotic locales. Flower Garden is two huge coral-covered salt domes that rise from the sea floor and cover several hundred acres. The brightly colored marine garden is home to stingrays, porcupine fish, lobster, eels, file fish, and many more. Visitors can dive among the sanctuary to observe the wildlife and view the lush coral.
    http://www.chron.com/

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