ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, NOVEMBER 23 – DECEMBER 1
COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN TO SAVE INNER LOOP PARK
Houston Chronicle 10/30/06 Peering into the treetops with an experienced birder’s eyes, Lorraine Cherry spotted a quick movement and pointed.
JUSTICES’ FIRST BRUSH WITH GLOBAL WARMING
New York Times 11/30/06 WASHINGTON, Nov 29 – A Supreme Court argument Wednesday on the Bush administration’s refusal to regulate carbon dioxide in automobile emissions offered three intertwined plot lines to the audience that had come to watch the court’s first encounter with the issue of global climate change.
JUSTICES APPEAR TO SPLIT ALONG PARTY LINES OVER EPA’S REGULATORY ROLE
SUPREME COURT HEARS FIRST GLOBAL WARMING CASE
A JUDGE ORDERS FEMA TO RESUME AID FOR THOUSANDS
Houston Chronicle 10/30/06 WASHINGTON – A judge ordered the federal government to resume paying rent and make three months of retroactive payments for about 2,600 hurricane evacuee households in Houston and thousands more across the country.
FEMA ORDERED TO RESTORE EVACUEES’ HOUSING AID
JUDGE UPHOLDS POLICYHOLDERS’ KATRINA CLAIMS
New York Times 11/29/06 A federal judge offered a glimmer of hope to the tens of thousands of people whose homes and businesses in New Orleans were flooded in Hurricane Katrina, ruling that insurance companies should pay for the widespread water damage.
AFTER SURPRISINGLY DULL HURRICANE SEASON, EXPERTS DEBATE WHY THEY WERE WRONG
Houston Chronicle 11/30/06 Even before it began six months ago, the 2006 hurricane season already had exceeded all previous ones in several categories: hype, anticipation, prognostication and, perhaps, even dread.
HURRICANE WATCHERS SAY CALM 2006 ‘ONLY A RESPITE’
EPA RULES PESTICIDES OVER WATER NOT POLLUTING
Houston Chronicle 11/28/06 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration pleased farmers and frustrated environmentalists Monday by declaring that pesticides can be sprayed into and over waters without first obtaining special permits.
STATE CUTS PROGRAM TO MAKE ROADS PRETTIER, SAFER
Houston Chronicle 11/28/06 State transportation officials have abruptly ended a program aimed at making roadways prettier, safer, and historically relevant, blaming federal budget pressure caused by war and hurricanes.
OFFICIALS: RAILROAD FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
Houston Chronicle 11/28/06 PALESTINE – Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker of the House Tom Craddick sent a letter Monday to the head of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department saying they believe the department has the funds to keep the Texas State Railroad running through Aug. 31, 2007.
ARTISTS HOPE TO BUY COMMERCE STREET WAREHOUSES
Houston Chronicle 11/28/06 The groundbreaking for luxury townhouses on Commerce Street caught the eyes of artists working in warehouses across the street.
METRO UPGRADING SECURITY AT PARK & RIDE LOTS
Houston Chronicle 11/27/06 Metropolitan Transit Authority police ate some crow at a news conference in April 2005, the morning after vandals broke into 14 cars at Metro’s Addicks Park & Ride Lot on the Katy Freeway.
CITY SAYS ITS URBAN JUNGLE HAS LITTLE ROOM FOR PALMS
New York Times 11/26/06 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 – The palm tree, like so much here, rose to fame largely because of vanity and image control, then met its downfall when the money ran out.