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January 28, 2013

ECONOTES 2013-01-28: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. If Texas Water Plan Is Funded, Where Will The Money Go? (Mose Buchele – StateImpact, 1/24/13)
    The Texas State Water Plan has been described as a $53 billion dollar wish list, full of local projects that remain largely unprioritized and unfunded. If Texas gets a proposed $2 billion from the state’s rainy day fund, those regional entities could jumpstart their water projects. However, these projects would be prioritized, ranked by their timing, presumably how fast they could be ramped up, how much they are needed, and the degree to which they rely on conservation.
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  2. Another Coal–fired Power Plant Bites the Dust (Larry R. Soward – Air Alliance Houston, 1/24/13)
    Industry’s aggressive resistance to environmental regulations is not the “burdensome regulations,” it is profit. Coal plants are not competing well with new cleaner sources of power like natural gas, wind and other renewable energy sources. In early December Houston-based NRG Texas Power LLC announced that it has dropped the planned $1 billion, 800-megawatt expansion of its coal-fired power plant in Limestone County, 120 miles upwind of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
    http://airalliancehouston.org/
  3. Heroes are Zero (Waste) (Earth Share, 1/24/13)
    What if we changed our mindset from recycling single-use products to replacing these products with those that can be reused or upcycled over and over again, before biodegrading harmlessly in the environment? In other words, what if we moved to a zero waste economy? A zero waste mindset can start at the design end of the production cycle. It starts by asking questions like: “What is this packaging made of?”, “Why do I need to replace my entire computer when it dies?”
    http://www.earthshare.org/

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