ECONOTES 2012-11-12: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Texas looks to motorists to cover industry’s pollution bill (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 11/09/2012)
Houston’s 260 chemical plants, oil refineries and other large facilities may avoid tens of millions of dollars in penalties for the region’s failure to achieve federal clean-air goals. TCEQ argues that it should not have to collect those fines because it already is raising money for smog-fighting programs through vehicle inspection fees and sales taxes for diesel equipment, among other revenue sources.
http://www.chron.com/ - Cook’s Branch Conservancy receives Texas’ highest award for private land conservation (Mike Cox – Texas Parks & Wildlife, 11/07/2012)
Located in Montgomery County north of Houston, Cook’s Branch Conservancy offers a rare glimpse into what a century of regeneration looks like in the Pineywoods region of East Texas. Earlier this year, the conservancy won the Leopold Conservation Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding habitat management and wildlife conservation on private land. The owners continue to expand the conservancy as habitat restoration efforts — decades in the making — shape the property into one of the state’s best-kept forests.
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/ - Cleanup begins after 15,000 fish die in Galveston (Robert Stanton – Houston Chronicle, 10/31/2012)
Recently Galveston city workers removed more than 15,000 smelly fish from Lake Madeline that died over the weekend when the oxygen levels dropped. Steven Mitchell, regional biologist at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said a high concentration of algae bloom depleted the oxygen level, killing fish that included Gulf menhaden, speckled trout and redfish. Low oxygen levels have plagued the lake in recent years, killing off fish by the thousands, most recently last year.
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EcoNotes
- 12 November
- How ‘Landfarms’ For Disposing Drilling Waste Are Causing Problems In Texas (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
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- How ‘Landfarms’ For Disposing Drilling Waste Are Causing Problems In Texas (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
- 11 November
- Houston named as top 20 finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge (Your West U News)
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- Houston named as top 20 finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge (Your West U News)
- 9 November
- Texas looks to motorists to cover industry’s pollution bill (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Texas Company Says It’s Found a Way to Turn Wood Into Gasoline (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Meter Reading: It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here, ‘War on Coal’ Ends in Obama Victory, and More (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
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- Texas looks to motorists to cover industry’s pollution bill (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 8 November
- By the Numbers: Texas’ Long Heat Wave (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - What Can the Texas Lege Do About Water? (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - ONCOR OFFERS UNIQUE TEXAS STAR BUR OAKS TO CUSTOMERS THROUGH ARBOR DAY PROGRAM (Texas A&M Forest Service)
http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/ - Texas among top 10 green job states (Sarah Drake – Austin Business Journal)
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- By the Numbers: Texas’ Long Heat Wave (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 7 November
- Cook’s Branch Conservancy receives Texas’ highest award for private land conservation (Mike Cox – Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/ - Fall Colors Showing Up in Texas State Parks (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - Heritage, training and technology come together for a memorable first bow hunt (Ried Wittliff – Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/ - Women’s waterfowl hunt opens a new world for beginning hunters (Nancy Herron – Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/ - For Texas Lawns, It’s Not Easy Staying Green (But It Is Possible) (Elizabeth Trovall – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - After Obama’s Re-Election, What’s Next for Energy and Environment Policy? (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Obama’s energy agenda has its limits even after his re-election (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – My SA News)
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- Cook’s Branch Conservancy receives Texas’ highest award for private land conservation (Mike Cox – Texas Parks & Wildlife)
- 6 November
- In Texas, ‘Hot Weather’ is Becoming a Relative Concept (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Voters extend Metro’s tax-sharing plan (Monica Rhor – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Houston region spending most per capita on roads of top ten US Metros (Jay Blazek Crossley – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/ - Why the Legislature May Target Drillers’ Overweight Trucks (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Railroad Commission Results: Craddick and Smitherman Win (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
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- In Texas, ‘Hot Weather’ is Becoming a Relative Concept (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 5 November
- Conroe to consider League Line extension project (Howard Roden – Your Conroe News)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ - 2012 Clarke Prize Lecture Focuses on Potential of Nanotechnology to Enhance Water Disinfection and Improve Microbial Control (National Water Research Institute)
www.nwri-usa.org/ - Texas Communities Are Encouraged to Apply for Prestigious Statewide Awards Program (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/ - Mapping the Keystone XL Pipeline Through Texas (And Beyond) (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - GenOn Energy cuts 33 more jobs as part of NRG merger (Olivia Pulsinelli – Houston Business Journal)
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- Conroe to consider League Line extension project (Howard Roden – Your Conroe News)
- 4 November
- Ike Dike may be among Sandy’s casualties (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
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- Ike Dike may be among Sandy’s casualties (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
- 2 November
- Texas Schools Find Creative Ways to Teach About Water (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
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- Texas Schools Find Creative Ways to Teach About Water (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
- 1 November
- Port Commission approves permit application for Barbours Cut Channel Project (Your Pasadena News)
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- Port Commission approves permit application for Barbours Cut Channel Project (Your Pasadena News)
- 31 October
- Cleanup begins after 15,000 fish die in Galveston (Robert Stanton – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Report links energy consumption, water use (Times Record News)
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- Cleanup begins after 15,000 fish die in Galveston (Robert Stanton – Houston Chronicle)