ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, FEBRUARY 17 – 23
COAL HEARINGS DELAYED
Dallas Morning News 2/22/07 AUSTIN — The judges hearing TXU Corp.’s case for coal-fired power plant permits slowed the process down by four months, bowing to a last-minute court ruling that the governor’s fast-track permit schedule is probably unconstitutional.
MERRILL LYNCH TARGETED BY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
BILL WOULD GIVE DRIVERS INCENTIVE TO BUY LOW-EMISSION CARS
Houston Chronicle 2/16/07 AUSTIN – Texas drivers in polluted areas who are hanging on to their old, high-polluting clunkers might soon have added incentive to get more efficient vehicles, under legislation filed Thursday to bring the state into compliance with federal clean air standards.
TAX CREDITS REWARD ENERGY-SAVING PRODUCTS, VEHICLES
CONSIDERING A HYBRID? PLAN WOULD SAVE YOU SOME GREEN
MAYOR WON’T BACK DITCHING GUS WORTHAM GOLF COURSE
Houston Chronicle 2/21/07 Mayor Bill White on Tuesday all but ruled out use of the Gus Wortham Golf Course on Houston’s East End as the site for a new soccer complex.
WHEN RAINS FALL, RESIDENTS UP A CREEK
Galveston County Daily News 2/18/07 When 40 inches of rain poured over Friendswood in 1979, Mark St. Cyr’s home stayed dry and problem-free. After that storm, he canceled his flood insurance, thinking that if that rain didn’t get in his house, nothing would.
AREA INDUSTRY STILL FACES CLEAN AIR CHALLENGE
Brazosport Facts 2/20/07 County industry is cleaning up, but area plants still have work to do to meet the federal clean-air mandate for the Houston region by 2010.
CITY COULD LOSE SWAY OVER PORT
Brazosport Facts 2/22/07 A battle for control appears to have left Freeport and Port Freeport officials on different sides of the fence.
REHABILITATED SEA TURTLES HEAD BACK TO SEA
Houston Chronicle 2/21/07 HARLINGEN – About 90 green sea turtles that nearly died from a sudden cold snap last month have been rehabilitated and returned to the waters near South Padre Island.
THINK SMALL
New York Times 2/16/07 For some, bigger isn’t always better when it comes to second homes. New home designs geared toward small-thinking buyers are increasingly popular.
GENETICS REVEAL 15 NEW N.AMERICAN BIRD SPECIES
Reuters 2/20/07 OSLO – Genetic tests of North American birds show what may be 15 new species including ravens and owls — look alikes that do not interbreed and have wrongly had the same name for centuries, scientists said on Sunday.
JUST HOW GREEN ARE YOU?
A quiz.