ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MAY 17-23
TOP WEATHER EXPERTS: GLOBAL WARMING MEANS FEWER HURRICANES
Houston Chronicle 5/18/08
Cyclone Nargis recently made international headlines for dealing death and destruction to Myanmar.
METRO BOARD BRACES FOR DOUBLE FUEL COSTS
Houston Chronicle 5/22?08
When gas prices go up, and you cannot afford to drive, there is always the bus. But what if you are the bus company?
CONSUMER WATCH: DON’T SWEAT, IT’S COOL TO BE EFFICIENT
Houston Chronicle 5/16/08
Just as sure as Houston’s summer temperatures make you sweat, they also prompt questions on the cheapest way to cool the house or aparatment.
BUILDING ‘GREEN’ COULD MEAN BIG TAX ABATEMENT
Houston Chronicle 519/08
Companies that build environmentally friendly facilities in Harris County could get a sizable property tax break under a proposal to be considered by Commissioners Court today.
NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHAKING THINGS UP
Galveston County Daily News 5/23/08
The newest city council members wasted no time calling for change, seeking to amend or scrap past council decisions during their first meeting.
GALVESTON COUNCIL WANTS POWER OVER GROWTH
OUSTED GALVESTON OFFICIAL BOOED FOR FAREWELL COMMENTS
TAX ZONES BECOME COUNCIL COMBAT ZONES
Galveston County Daily News 5/23/08
A newly elected city councilwoman made a declaration of war Thursday on special taxing districts long used to lure development.
NO SHIPS COMING TO NEW PORT OF HOUSTON CRUISE TERMINAL
Houston Chronicle 5/15/08
The gleaming new $81 million cruise terminal at the Port of Houston will open soon, but don’t expect throngs of passengers, streamers or cracking champagne bottles.
MONTROSE CO-OP FEEDS THOSE WHO SHOP WITH THEIR MORALS
Houston Chronicle 5/19/08
No longer does Jennifer Stelly push a metal shopping cart down supermarket aisles. Instead, she carries a reusable bag to pick out produce — all grown organically by local farmers — in the three rows at the Central City Co-Op in Montrose.
WOODLANDS WATERWAY PUTTING THE URBAN IN SUBURBAN
Houston Chronicle 5/18/08
It’s hard to imagine The Woodlands Waterway as a drainage ditch, but that’s exactly what it was more than 30 years ago.
CYCLE ON ISLAND WITHOUT BREAKING LAW
Galveston County Daily News 5/22/08
Ignorance about the city’s bike laws has left island riders unsure about whether they’re breaking the rules and what the consequences are.
CONGRESSMAN: ADDING ACRES WILL BOOST BIG THICKET TOURISM
Houston Chronicle 5/19/08
It runs through seven counties of Southeast Texas, serving up alternate glimpses of natural beauty and garish development — thick, towering pine forests and cypress sloughs here, sawmills and spec homes there.
COUNTY STEPS INTO WILDERNESS
Brazosport Facts 5/19/08
A once-secluded segment of the Brazos River is the first Brazoria County stop for the growing Houston Wilderness project.
‘ROSE RUSTLERS’ HELP PRESERVE VINTAGE PLANTS
Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster 5//2008
Cattle rustlers are familiar to anyone who knows anything about Texas history, but rose rustlers are another matter all together.
PLAN TO GROW TEXAS TOLLWAYS HAS TRANSPORTATION CHIEF ON GUARD 518/08
Houston Chronicle
Deirdre Delisi once aspired to be a diplomat, and Gov. Rick Perry may have finally granted her wish.
TAX PANEL FOR STATE PARKS FINALLY ASSEMBLED
Houston Chronicle 5/17/08
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has named his Senate appointees to a panel that’s examining the state’s sporting goods sales tax for parks, meaning the task force can get to work on the assignment it was given a year ago.