ECONOTES 2013-05-28: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Sketching the Growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center (Swamplot, 5/14/2013)
Chicago landscape architecture firm Hoerr Schaudt has presented drawings that show the future growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center when it turns 100 next year. The current 15-acre Garden Center will undergo numerous changes including a new entrance and “arid garden”.
http://swamplot.com/ - Motorists to share pollution bill with industry (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 5/23/2013)
Motorists will share the bill with chemical plants and oil refineries for the Houston region’s failure to meet 1970s limits on smog-forming pollution under a plan approved Wednesday by Texas environmental regulators. TCEQ would use funds already collected from vehicle fees and sales taxes to help satisfy the eight-county region’s obligations under the federal Clean Air Act.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Nature to keep green school running (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle, 5/23/2013)
On its 11-acre campus in Spring Branch, the Monarch School has started construction on a 1,120-square-foot standalone classroom designed to get its power from the sun and wind; its heat and cool air from the earth; andwater to nourish its vegetable garden from harvested rain. The small building, which is expected to cost more than $400,000, will serve as an environmental laboratory, with students controlling its daily energy use.
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EcoNotes
- 24 May
- This Week in Drought: The Biggest Losers (Olivia Gordon – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Natural Gas Exports to Mexico Skyrocket (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Railroad Commission Adopts New Well Construction Rules (Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - “Clean, Drain and Dry†Regimen Bad News for Zebra Mussels (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - A&M opinion survey suggests Texas voters will support water funding (Texas Climate News)
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- This Week in Drought: The Biggest Losers (Olivia Gordon – StateImpact)
- 23 May
- Nature to keep green school running (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/ - Motorists to share pollution bill with industry (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Activists seek volunteers to risk jail in energy protests (Zain Shauk – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Metro says North rail line to open early (Dug Begley – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - House voices frustration on pipeline (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/ - GOP bills would overturn Obama Alaska plan (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Concern over environmental exposures spurs bipartisan bill (Ingrid Lobet – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Surprise bill tackles safety of chemicals in our daily lives (Ingrid Lobet – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/ - New App Tracks Energy and Environmental Lobbying (Olivia Gordon – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - $5.7 Million Recreational Trail Grant Largest Award in Program’s History (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - TPW Commission Approves Land Acquisition to Benefit Lesser Prairie Chicken (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - Reax Roundup: Water Funding a Go (If Voters Say So) (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Will Texas Lawmakers Save the Railroad Commission? (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
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- Nature to keep green school running (Nancy Sarnoff – Houston Chronicle)
- 22 May
- Halliburton’s fleet gains 100 pickups that can run on natural gas (Zain Shauk – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Houston Couple Honored for Land Conservation Efforts (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ - Bill Allowing Hotter Waste in Texas Passes House (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
https://www.texastribune.org/ - Interactive: Track Energy and Environmental Lobbying (Ryan Murphy, Becca Aaronson, Kate Galbraith and Noah Seger – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/ - Why Don’t We See Big Tornadoes In Houston? (Jack Williams and Edel Howlin – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Galveston Beach Pavilion Destroyed By Ike Reopens This Weekend (Gail Delaughter – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Renewable fuel standards distort markets, critics say (Emily Pickrell – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/ - Spill victims battle for high ground (Harry R. Weber – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/ - Cleanup ordered after oily substance spotted on beach (Chris Paschenko – The Galveston Daily News)
http://www.galvestondailynews.com/ - Suntan oil? Not this time (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.pressdisplay.com/ - Former British leader talks energy in Houston visit (Emily Pickrell – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Lawmakers Approve Funding For Texas Water Plan, Setting Up Statewide Vote (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Chasing Texas Polluters: Federal Prosecutor Needs Help (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Amid Talk of Trust, Water and the Death Star, House Postpones SJR1 Yet Again (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Quarantine in South Texas as Mexican Fruit Fly Invades, Again (David Barer – StateImpact)
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- Halliburton’s fleet gains 100 pickups that can run on natural gas (Zain Shauk – Houston Chronicle)
- 21 May
- Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches (Robert Stanton, Cindy George – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Gulf’s sharks may get law on their side (Matthew Tresaugue – The Beaumont Enterprise)
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/ - Lessons In School Safety And Deadly Chemicals From Galena Park (Laura Isensee – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/ - Timeline forming for LNG export requests (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/ - Going Green: U.S. Equipped to Grow Serious Amounts of Pond Scum for Fuel (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/ - New report offers steps to revitalize water industry (Barbara Vergetis Lundin – Fierce Energy)
http://www.fierceenergy.com/ - Local Elementary School Encourages Active Transportation (Matt Dietrichson – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/ - Severe Weather Likely in Texas Into Tuesday Evening (David Barer – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - What’s Moved, What Hasn’t, and What Comes Next at the Texas Lege (David Barer – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Last Day for House to Consider Key Water Measure (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
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- Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches (Robert Stanton, Cindy George – Houston Chronicle)
- 20 May
- Shades of Texas Law Seen in Proposed Federal Fracking Guidlines (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ - Bid Farewell to the “Dead Bills†(Olivia Gordon – StateImpact)
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- Shades of Texas Law Seen in Proposed Federal Fracking Guidlines (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
- 17 May
- Lake Belton Trails to Join Texas Paddling Trails Network (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
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- Lake Belton Trails to Join Texas Paddling Trails Network (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
- 16 May
- Interior issues new drilling rule on public land (Matthew Daly – Houston Chronicle)
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- Interior issues new drilling rule on public land (Matthew Daly – Houston Chronicle)
- 15 May
- Lawmakers tentatively agree on $2B for water projects (James Jeffrey – Austin Business Journal)
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- Lawmakers tentatively agree on $2B for water projects (James Jeffrey – Austin Business Journal)
- 14 May
- Sketching the Growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center (Swamplot)
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- Sketching the Growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center (Swamplot)