ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, JUNE 9 – 15
COURT ALLOWS RECOVERY OF CLEANUP COSTS
Houston Chronicle 6/11/07
The Supreme Court strengthened a landmark anti-pollution program Monday, enabling companies to recover costs when they voluntarily clean up hazardous material.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS SET POLICY ON WARMING, IDENTITY
Houston Chronicle 6/13/07
Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global warming Wednesday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased regulation of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor.
EXPERTS FIELD CLIMATE QUESTIONS
Houston Chronicle 6/11/07
Three climate scientists from Texas – Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University and Carrie Masiello and Gerald Dickens of Rice University – gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on June 1, the first day of hurricane season, for a public discussion of global warming.
OIL COMPANIES GO DEEP INTO GULF’S POTENTIAL
Houston Chronicle 6/14/07
Last fall, a team led by Chevron Corp. became the toast of the oil industry when it demonstrated that an alluring deepwater region of the Gulf of Mexico could deliver on its promise.
PRESERVATIONISTS BLAME GROWTH FOR POOR SHORE
Galveston County Daily News 6/13/07
Preservationists listed growth as the No. 1 obstacle to achieving effective oversight for the states shorelines at a meeting.
‘LIVABLE CENTER’ COULD SPARK DOWNTOWN AREA
Baytown Sun 6/12/07
For decades, Baytonians have offered suggestions of how to revitalize Texas Avenue into a bustling center of the city.
DEVELOPER SCRAPS TEXAS OFFSHORE WIND FARM
Houston Chronicle 6/12/07
Plans to build what would have been the nation’s largest offshore wind farm in South Texas have been called off because the multibillion-dollar project didn’t make economic sense, the developer said Monday
BILLIONAIRE READY TO BET ON WIND
WATER A CHALLENGE IN STATE
Brian College Station Eagle 6/12/07
In the five years since billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens started trying to sell water from beneath the vast empty spaces of West Texas, he hasn’t had any paying customers.
STUDENTS GO GREEN IN BUILDING DESIGNS
Houston Chronicle 6/11/07
Third-year students at the University of Houston Gerald R. Hines College of Architecture are showcasing their design concepts for an ecology learning center at the Greater East End Management District.
COLORFUL ORGANISMS WITH UGLY NAME AMONG BIG CAST OF CHARACTERS IN BIG THICKET BIO
Beaumont Enterprise 06/13/2007
Dots of color on rotting wood make Katie Winsett happy.
MISSING VOLUNTEER FOUND ALIVE IN BIG THICKET
GARBAGE TRUCK BLAST, BLAZE REMIND THAT YOU CAN’T THROW JUST ANYTHING IN THE TRASH
Beaumont Enterprise 6/13/2007
An explosion occurred aboard an Allied Waste Services garbage truck Tuesday as the driver waited at a four-way stop at Tram and Old Voth roads.
RAINWATER HARVESTING CAN SAVE RESIDENTS MONEY
Victoria Advocate 6/9/07
An eco-friendly water collection system that can save you money and protect Victoria’s water supply will be unveiled Sunday.
IN DEFENSE OF SPRAWL
Think the inexorable spread of cities is a bad thing? Think again.