ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, OCTOBER 25 – 31
CREDIT CRISIS SPURS CITY TO LOOK FOR PROJECTS TO HOLD
Houston Chronicle 10/29/08
The city has drawn up plans to roll back spending by around $100 million on parks, corroded water and sewer lines and other major infrastructure projects in what officials characterize as a cautious approach to the credit crisis.
TEXAS COAST’S RECOVERY FROM IKE TO TAKE LONGER THAN USUAL
Houston Chronicle 10/28/08
Hurricane Ike’s storm surge was so widespread, so high and so violent that it will take much longer than usual for the Texas coastline to recover, the director of coastal resources for the Texas General Land Office said Wednesday.
COUNTY OKS QUICK FIX FOR BLUEWATER
CANDIDATES WEIGH IN ON GRAND PARKWAY ISSUE
Fort Bend Herald And Texs Coaser 10/30/08
Sharp words were exchanged between the two candidates for Fort Bend County Precinct 1 at a forum Wednesday night.
BACK TO NATURE
Baytown Sun 10/30/08
Snowy Egrets and Roseate Spoonbills gather at the Baytown Nature Center. For the first time since Hurricane Ike devastated the facility, it is now ready to reopen Saturday.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTALISTS TRYING TO ATTRACT BLACKS TO THE CAUSE
Houston Chronicle 10/28/08
The growing movement to fight global warming includes entertainers and evangelical ministers, scientists and suburban moms. Even both presidential candidates have called for fewer emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gasses that contribute to climate change.
FESTIVITIES CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF KATY FREEWAY
Houston Chronicle 10/28/08
Amid a burst of confetti and a release of balloons, some 400 supporters and road-building professionals Tuesday applauded the consummation of Texas’ biggest freeway project — $2.8 billion, 23 miles long and the first to have a tollway down the middle.
STUDENTS CONNECT WITH NATURE AT ‘LEARNING GARDEN’
Houston Chronicle 10/30/08
For Xavier Johnson, the new garden at his west Houston campus serves as a quiet refuge — a place where the 15-year-old can clear his head and dream of becoming a music producer.