ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MARCH 24 – 30
DYNEGY LISTENS TO DISSENT ON COAL PLANTS
Houston Chronicle 3/29/07
The day before Dynegy shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger with LS Power on Thursday, which turns Dynegy into a major power plant developer, CEO Bruce Williamson met with environmental groups in Washington, D.C
SENATE PASSES WATER RESERVOIR BILL
Austin American-Statesman 3/28/07
The state Senate on Tuesday passed the framework for a $750 million plan to create as many as 19 water reservoirs in the next 20 years, the centerpiece of a broad stewardship and conservation plan for Texas.
GLOBAL WARMING A THREAT TO TEXAS WATER SUPPLY
GLOBAL WARMING HEATS UP TEXAS LEGISLATURE
Houston Chronicle 3/25/07
Lawmakers this session have filed more bills to assess the effects global warming will have on the state and to curb the pollution causing it than at any other time in legislative history, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis.
ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL SNAPS UP HORIZON WIND ENERGY
Houston Business Journal 3/27/07
In a move that will give it entry to the United States energy market, Energias De Portugal SA has agreed to acquire Horizon Wind Energy LLC from The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for $2.2 billion in cash.
HOUSTON ENERGY FIRM BOUGHT FOR $2.15 BILLION
TIME ON CITY FIELDS IS GOING TO COST YOU
Houston Chronicle 3/29/07
Youth sports teams and leagues that now play on city fields for free will be charged $2 to $10 an hour to use the facilities starting July 1 under an ordinance the City Council approved Wednesday.
US HOUSE OF REPS. OKS BILL TO CUT SHIP POLLUTION
Reuters 3/28/07
WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives approved legislation late on Monday to cut polluting emissions spewed by ships powered by diesel fuel.
CLEANER FUEL FOR SHIPS MAY RAISE CO2 EMISSIONS – EXEC
CALL EXPERTS IF YOU FIND A WILDLIFE BABY
Houston Chronicle 3/28/07
Stranded dolphins make headlines, but these days you are more likely to find a tiny rabbit or squirrel in your backyard.
GROUP TARGETS HUNTSVILLE’S FUTURE
Huntsville Item 3/29/07
In an effort to provide a positive outlook on the future of economic development, about 75 residents decided to form Huntsville First.
WITH HOPES OF RESTORATION, STATE RESEARCHERS
Baytown Sun 3/25/07
A team of ecologists made a stop on a tour of Trinity River with a boating excursion along the mouth of the bay in Wallisville.
CHAMBERS RESIDENTS WORRY ABOUT CHANGING LAND
Baytown Sun 3/28/07
The continued eastward push of development into Chambers County has residents worried that their rural, peaceful, natural and affordable lifestyle may be in danger.
CITIZENS VOICE CONCERNS AT 2025 MEETING
Baytown Sun 3/28/07
A meeting room buzzed Tuesday with residents’ plans for improving Baytown with more uniform building codes, a public transportation system and enhanced beautification efforts.
GUTTING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT?
E-Magazine 3/24/07
Environmentalists are livid about a recent policy re-interpretation by the Bush administration which grants endangered species protection to listed plants and animals only where they are struggling to survive and not in areas where their populations are healthy or have already died out.
DOCTORS LEARN ABOUT WILDERNESS MEDICINE
Galveston County Daily News
UTMB’s Wilderness Medicine Society is growing in popularity as it hosts speakers and workshops.
A SECTION OF LAVACA BAY FIT TO FISH AGAIN
Houston Chronicle 3/29/07
PORT LAVACA — Once-mercury-fouled Lavaca Bay now stands rehabilitated because of a corporate, federal and state partnership that has restored marshland and made a section of water fit for fishing once again.