ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MAY 12 – 18

HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICE OF GAS MIGHT IT MAKE IF EVERY MOTORIST USED 1 LESS GALLON PER MONTH?
Beaumont Enterprise 5/18/07
Nathaniel Gilbert played gas station roulette this week and lost.

DRIVERS NOT CUTTING BACK AS GASOLINE PRICES SOAR

INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOOSTS TEXAS JOBS
Houston Business Journal 5/17/07
A new study has linked one in six Texas jobs to international trade.

HARRIS COUNTY VOTES TO DROP OUT OF I-69 ALLIANCE
Houston Chronicle 5/15/07
Commissioners Court voted today to withdraw the county’s membership in the Alliance for I-69 Texas, an organization that has long supported converting U.S. 59 through East and South Texas into an interstate highway.

PARENT ANGRY OVER MOVIE SHOWN IN CLASS
Galveston County Daily News 5/15/07
A controversial documentary shown to Clear Creek High School algebra students has one parent demanding an apology from the district.

BUFFALO BAYOU SKIMMER CAPSIZES, SPILLS TRASH
Houston Chronicle 5/11/07
The nonprofit Buffalo Bayou Partnership has used an array of tactics to cope with the seemingly endless problem of floating trash in Houston’s signature waterway. It has used contaminant booms to catch trash moving downstream, for example, and workers often walk along the banks removing plastic bags that get stuck in tree branches after a heavy rain or flood.

WEST NILE KILLING OFF BELOVED US BIRDS – STUDY
Reuters 5/18/07
The West Nile Virus is taking a worse-than-expected toll on some favorite birds in North America such as robins and chickadees, US researchers said on Thursday.

110 KEMP’S RIDLEY EGGS TRANSPORTED FROM NEST
Brazosport Facts 5/18/07
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service transported 110 Kemp’s ridley eggs from a nest on Surfside Beach to an incubator on Padre Island today.

JONES TO SPEAK ON ROADSIDE ARCHITECTURE
Galveston County Daily News 5/18/07
Galveston Historical Foundation executive director Dwayne Jones will give a talk on Roadside Architecture from around the state Saturday.