ECONOTES 2012-08-13: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Nation’s Largest “Stream Bank” to Stem the Effects of Houston Growth (PR Newswire, 08/09/2012)
The newly permitted Katy Prairie Stream Mitigation Bank (KPSMB), located on the 6,500 acre Warren Ranch, will be the nation’s largest stream mitigation bank. More than 20 miles of impaired and channelized waterways on the Warren Ranch will be restored to sinuous prairie creeks, easing the severe effects of agriculture on the streams over the past century. This will also help the Katy Prairie Conservancy continue to restore and enhance habitat for wildlife.
http://www.prnewswire.com/
- Using utility right-of-way could cut cost of bike path plan (Chris Moran – Houston Chronicle, 08/07/2012)
CenterPoint Energy agreed to give free access to land along its power lines for bike paths, but only on the condition that it be protected from liability if a hiker or biker got injured while passing through. This could save millions of dollars that would be spent building new paths.
http://www.chron.com/ - New plant to generate power ahead of schedule (Emily Pickrell – Houston Chronicle, 08/08/2012)
A new 75-megawatt natural gas generating unit will be added to the W.A. Parish power plant in Fort Bend County next summer. This unit is designed to help reduce global warming by capturing carbon dioxide emitted by one of the four coal-fired generators at the plant. It will generate power in a clean and efficient way.
http://www.chron.com/
EcoNotes
- 13 August
- TCEQ Statement on 5th Circuit Court ruling on flexible permit (TCEQ News)
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/
- TCEQ Statement on 5th Circuit Court ruling on flexible permit (TCEQ News)
- 10 August
- Texas Makes Top Ten List of Polluters (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Drought Actually Sweetens The Produce (Joy Diaz – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Should the City Move Away From Fluoridating the Citizens’ Water Supply? (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/
- Texas Makes Top Ten List of Polluters (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 9 August
- Nation’s Largest “Stream Bank” to Stem the Effects of Houston Growth (PR Newswire)
http://www.prnewswire.com/ - Texas Power Plants #1 In US For Mercury Pollution (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - TCEQ Rules Fail to Adequately Protect Region’s Rivers and Bays (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/ - How Drought Impacts Water, Food & Energy (EarthShare)
http://www.earthshare.org/ - How to Cut Home Water Waste (EarthShare)
http://www.earthshare.org/ - San Antonio’s Lessons for a Nation Parched By Drought (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - New Hurricane Outlook Shows Increased Chance of Storms (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/
- Nation’s Largest “Stream Bank” to Stem the Effects of Houston Growth (PR Newswire)
- 8 August
- New plant to generate power ahead of schedule (Emily Pickrell – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - NRG to build small power plant near Houston as Texans face potential shortage (Elizabeth Souder – Dallas News)
http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/ - Welcome to the Dry, Hot American Summer (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Why Most Texans Haven’t Turned to Graywater Recycling (Sheyda Aboii – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Homes.com names Hermann to Top 10 parks list (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - TCEQ Approves Fines Totaling $781,583 (TCEQ News)
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/
- New plant to generate power ahead of schedule (Emily Pickrell – Houston Chronicle)
- 7 August
- Using utility right-of-way could cut cost of bike path plan (Chris Moran – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Galveston Should Be on the Bucket List! (Carole Allen – Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - Fracking’s Link to Smog Worries Some Texas Cities (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - US business group challenges EPA mercury rule (Valerie Volcovici – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - Minor earthquakes seen near Texas injection wells: study (Deborah Zabarenko – Planet Ark News)
http://planetark.org/ - What Texas’ Fracking Disclosure Law Does and Doesn’t Do (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/
- Using utility right-of-way could cut cost of bike path plan (Chris Moran – Houston Chronicle)
- 6 August
- Sunset Report on Port of Houston Embraces Air Alliance Houston Recommendations (Larry R. Soward – Air Alliance Houston)
http://airalliancehouston.org/ - How a Mild Winter (Among Other Things) Decreased CO2 Emissions (Sheyda Aboii – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Smart Water Meters Take Root in Texas Cities (John Wayne Ferguson – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - Study links Texas earthquakes to drilling disposal wells (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com/ - Scientists seek next wave in power generation (Simone Sebastian – Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com/ - Houston’s I-69 traffic expected to soar to 350,000 by 2035 (Cindy Horswell – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/
- Sunset Report on Port of Houston Embraces Air Alliance Houston Recommendations (Larry R. Soward – Air Alliance Houston)
- 2 August
- City rolls out new recycling program (Ashley Tompkins – The Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/
- City rolls out new recycling program (Ashley Tompkins – The Sealy News)