ECONOTES 2010-05-23: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
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- GCCISD teaches kids how to put waste in place (Shannon Daughtry – The Baytown Sun)
A new program, Waste in Place, will be implemented in Baytown’s elementary schools. The program is designed to help children learn about litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling, and landfills. It is meant to spark respect for the environment as well as give the kids a sense of social responsibility. The program will hopefully have a very positive impact on future generations.
http://baytownsun.com/story/51143 - Cleaning Oil In Wetlands May Be Impossible (Matthew Brown – Click2Houston)
Scientists and government officials fear that it will be impossible to remove the oil that has washed into the marshes. There have been considerations of very drastc steps such as setting the wetlands on fire or flooding the area to float out the oil. Aggressive cleanups may do more harm than good, so one option is to let nature break down the oil on its own.
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23644947/detail.html - Exxon Valdez: What did we learn? (Eric Nalder – Houston Chronicle)
Even after many decades, the technology for cleaning up oil spills is basically the same. There are still areas today that show the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and since, adequate funding has not been given to oil spill research. The toolkit used in these situations is still about the same. Officials are still unsure of how to handle the BP oil spill.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7008049.html
EcoNotes
- 10 May
- State of Readiness – Oil Spill (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/may/10/what-would-texas-do/
- State of Readiness – Oil Spill (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune)
- 12 May
- Toxic drilling waste is getting spread all over Texas farmland. (Eric Griffey – Fort Worth Weekly)
http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3374:tilling-in-toxins&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375
- Toxic drilling waste is getting spread all over Texas farmland. (Eric Griffey – Fort Worth Weekly)
- 14 May
- Eiland Discusses Shrimp Season with Texas Parks and Wildlife (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000026587
- Eiland Discusses Shrimp Season with Texas Parks and Wildlife (Guidry News)
- 16 May
- Exxon Valdez: What did we learn? (Eric Nalder – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7008049.html
- Exxon Valdez: What did we learn? (Eric Nalder – Houston Chronicle)
- 17 May
- Canada’s oil sands as risky as BP spill, says Ceres (Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/05/17/daily11.html - Big Thicket Association Sponsors Scientific and Educational Programs (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000026641 - The Woodlands Aims to Become Bike-Friendly Community (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274071598 - How the Oil Spill Clean-up Works (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274069831 - BP Tries New Tactic to Plug Oil Well (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274131516
- Canada’s oil sands as risky as BP spill, says Ceres (Houston Business Journal)
- 18 May
- GCCISD teaches kids how to put waste in place (Shannon Daughtry – The Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story/51143 - Gulf Oil Again Imperils Sea Turtle (Leslie Kaufman – The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/science/earth/19turtle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss - Suit seeks to halt production at an even deeper BP site (Lise Olsen – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7009609.html - Wastewater discharge dispute flows on (Jacqueline Ingles – Austin News)
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/living_green/wastewater-discharge-dispute-flows-on - Obama and the Oil Spill (Thomas L. Friedman – The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/opinion/19friedman.html - Officials Say: Gulf Wildlife Could Suffer For Years From Oil Spill (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274223853
- GCCISD teaches kids how to put waste in place (Shannon Daughtry – The Baytown Sun)
- 19 May
- Bat fungus documented in Oklahoma (USFWS Press Release)
http://www.fws.gov/WhiteNoseSyndrome - NOAA Observations Indicate a Small Portion of Light Oil Sheen Has Entered the Loop Current (Deepwater Horizon Response)
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2931/555703/ - Analyst Puts BP Gulf Oil Spill Into Perspective (David Pitman – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1274302335 - Highland Village unveils recycling program (Allison Wollam – Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/05/17/daily30.html?surround=lfn
- Bat fungus documented in Oklahoma (USFWS Press Release)
- 20 May
- White-nose Syndrome Jumps to a ‘Gateway to the West’ (Bat Conservation International)
http://www.batcon.org - City of Galveston Hurricane Preparedness Town Meeting (Jim Guidry and Juan Pena – Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000026734 - EPA presents President’s Environmental Youth Awards winners (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/20/epa-presents-president%E2%80%99s-environmental-youth-awards-winners/ - Dispersants Debated, as Oil Hits Land (Jeffrey Ball, Stephen Power, and Siobhan Hughes – The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703691804575254271124867694.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_3 - Remington College donates hair clippings for Gulf oil spill relief (Casey Wooten – Houston Business Journal)
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/05/17/daily35.html?surround=lfn
- White-nose Syndrome Jumps to a ‘Gateway to the West’ (Bat Conservation International)
- 21 May
- Unified Command Joint Information Center Oil Update (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000026766 - Western grid can handle extensive wind and solar power, study shows (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/western-grid-can-handle-extensive-wind-and-solar-power-study-shows/ - BP Delays Attempt To Stop Gulf Oil (Greg Bluestein – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23629442/detail.html - Gulf shrimp skewered by oil disaster (Melissa Segrest – ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/shrimp-affected-by-gulf-spill-could-trigger-a-food-chain-disaster/ - At Worst, Oil Spewed Already Could Fill 102 Gyms (Greg Bluestein – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/gulf-oil-spill/23629991/detail.html - Verizon rolling out hybrid trucks on Long Island (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/verizon-rolling-out-hybrid-trucks-on-long-island/ - Experts say spill’s affect on wildlife still a guessing game (Barbara Kessler – ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/wildlife-experts-say-spills-affect-on-wildlife-still-a-guessing-game/ - Obama Setting Nation’s Sights On Fuel Efficiency (Erica Werner – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23632667/detail.html - Survey shows shoppers want more healthy food, and less packaging (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/mambo-sprouts-survey-shows-shoppers-want-more-healthy-food-and-less-packaging/ - BP falls short in estimate of oil spill rate (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7015520.html - Obama To Speak On Cleaner Vehicles (Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23629851/detail.html - ABC News: Gulf oil leak estimates grow (ABC 13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/05/21/abc-news-gulf-oil-leak-estimates-grow/ - Hawaii Volcano Erupts For 10,000 Days (Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23637357/detail.html - EPA Demands A Less Toxic Dispersant In Gulf Spill (Matthew Daly – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23621134/detail.html
- Unified Command Joint Information Center Oil Update (Guidry News)
- 22 May
- Cleaning Oil In Wetlands May Be Impossible (Matthew Brown – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/green-pages/23644947/detail.html - BP Wants To Continue Using Contentious Dispersant (Greg Bluestein – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/gulf-oil-spill/23645739/detail.html
- Cleaning Oil In Wetlands May Be Impossible (Matthew Brown – Click2Houston)