ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, AUGUST 4 – 13
AMERICA’S MOST EXPENSIVE COMMUTES
Forbes.com 8/8/07
It’s often said that the trip to work can kill you. But if you live in Houston, what really takes a beating is your wallet.
OWN AN OLD CAR? STATE MAY HELP YOU REPLACE IT
Houston Chronicle 8/10/07
Many drivers in 16 Texas counties will soon be eligible for financial aid to replace old vehicles.
RESEARCHERS TEST OXYGEN LEVELS IN GULF
Brazosport Facts 8/9/07
A team of scientists and students testing Gulf waters off the mouth of the Brazos River found only a few signs of hypoxia.
GULF’S ‘DEAD ZONE’ OFF TEXAS COAST SHRINKING
POWER PLANT PROJECTS PROCEED – WITH CAUTION
Houston Chronicle 8/7/7
The state’s hunger for electricity in the coming years isn’t slowing down, but don’t expect to see a repeat of the late 1990s when power companies rushed in with thousands of megawatts of new projects, say industry officials.
CEDAR BAYOU ENERGY PLANT EXPANDING
NO NEED TO GET FANCY BATTLING MOSQUITOES
Houston Chronicle 8/6/07
When Phyllis Epps was a new mom, she worried as much about protecting her infants from insecticides as actually killing mosquitoes.
NEW WEB SITE LAUNCHED FOR ORGAN DONOR REGISTRATION
Houston Chronicle 8/7/07
The Texas Department of State Health Services has created a new Web site for Texans to register as organ, tissue and eye donors, the agency said Tuesday.
NO REPRIEVE FOR SHOPPING CENTER DESPITE LANDMARK STATUS
Houston Business Journal 8/8/07
The Houston City Council has approved landmark designations for the River Oaks Shopping Center, the 68-year-old River Oaks Theater and the Alabama Bookstop.
IT’S ALIVE! ANCIENT ANTARCTIC BACTERIA GROW
Houston Chronicle 8/7/07
Microorganisms locked in Antarctic ice for 100,000 years and more came to life and resumed growing when given warmth and nutrients in a laboratory.
HOUSING VERSUS HABITAT
Victoria Advocate 8//07
An Audubon official says he is concerned about the location of a planned 700-acre luxury residential housing development on San Antonio Bay, along one of the most undeveloped shorelines in Texas.
ENDANGERED TURTLES HATCH ON BUSY BEACH
Galveston County Daily News 8/8/07
Researchers saved four “stragglers” from a nest of Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles that hatched on the beach early Monday.
HERMANN PARK WANTS DUCK-DUMPING STOPPED
Houston Chronicle 8/8/07
Who doesn’t like ducks, especially in a park?