ECONOTES 2010-07-14: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- Most Tarballs Hitting Texas NOT From Big Spill (So Far) (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1278712267 - Environmental groups win round in coal plant fight (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7098447.html - Groups allege illegal emissions at Exxon Mobil’s Baytown plant (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7098205.html - ReNew Houston plan reaches petition goal (KTRK-TV Channel 13)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7543581 - Houston water rate increase validated in court (Jim Middleton – Texas Tribune)
http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=10359 - Houston and Galveston port officials say Pelican Island a candidate for major facility (Jenalia Moreno – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7102025.html
Econotes
- 13 July
- Officials pull for ‘Green Barge Terminal’ (Ben Tinsley – Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story/51916 - Biggest US refinery facing emissions suit (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/Biggest_US_refinery_facing_emissions_suit_97995614.html
- Officials pull for ‘Green Barge Terminal’ (Ben Tinsley – Baytown Sun)
- 12 July
- Fishing embargo is within 30 miles of Texas (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7105334.html - Sims Bayou project nears end, but flooding remains a concern (Chris Moran – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7103938.html
- Fishing embargo is within 30 miles of Texas (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
- 11 July
- Oil Spill Response Photos and Public Information: http://www.restorethegulf.gov/ (Jim Guidry – Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000027913 - Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Season Opens July 15 (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000027919 - Proposed wells face new state hearing (Beth Kuhles – Ultimate Woodlands)
http://www.ultimatewoodlands.com/2010/07/injection-wells-face-new-state-hearing
- Oil Spill Response Photos and Public Information: http://www.restorethegulf.gov/ (Jim Guidry – Guidry News)
- 10 July
- Houston and Galveston port officials say Pelican Island a candidate for major facility (Jenalia Moreno – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7102025.html
- Houston and Galveston port officials say Pelican Island a candidate for major facility (Jenalia Moreno – Houston Chronicle)
- 9 July
- Most Tarballs Hitting Texas NOT From Big Spill (So Far) (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1278712267 - Origins of Texas tar balls remain a mystery (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7101817.html - Some birds you can count on: survey tallies numbers (Gary and Kathy Adams Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7101379.html - Smart Pipe can suck up oil spill if BP would answer the call (Christine Hall – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/12/story8.html?b=1278907200^3620701&s=industry&i=energy - Conroe approves recycle program (Howard Roden – The Courier of Montgomery County)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/09/conroe_courier/news/trash070910.txt - Huntsville recycling pilot program a success (Matthew Jackson – The Huntsville Item)
http://itemonline.com/local/x739949993/Recycling-pilot-program-a-success - ‘Haynesville’ documentary drills deep into natural gas (Ford Gunter – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/12/story7.html?b=1278907200^3620661&s=industry&i=energy - Letter to the Editor: Dome changes (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/12/editorial4.html?b=1278907200^3619461&s=industry&i=energy
- Most Tarballs Hitting Texas NOT From Big Spill (So Far) (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
- 8 July
- Stinky “corpse flower” makes Houston history (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1278630394 - Biologists sampling Texas coast to prepare for oil spill impacts (TCEQ Press Release)
http://archive.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20100708a&nrtype=water&nrspan=&nrsearch= - ReNew Houston plan reaches petition goal (KTRK-TV Channel 13)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7543581 - Boost to city’s drainage may be up to voters (Bradley Olson – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7100262.html - Scientists take a closer look at the chemicals coming out of your tap (Forrest Wilder – Texas Observer)
http://www.texasobserver.org/cover-story/theres-something-in-the-water - Judge appoints receiver to clean up company’s illegal dumping (KTRK-TV, ABC13)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7544099
- Stinky “corpse flower” makes Houston history (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
- 7 July
- Vandals burn Buffalo Bayou boats (Amanda Cassanova – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7097524.html - Environmental groups win round in coal plant fight (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7098447.html - Groups allege illegal emissions at Exxon Mobil’s Baytown plant (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7098205.html - Crime Stoppers looking for help in illegal dumping case (Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2010/07/06/news/news15.txt - Composting saves landfill space; prevents erosion, pollution (Sealy News)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2010/07/06/news/news13.txt
- Vandals burn Buffalo Bayou boats (Amanda Cassanova – Houston Chronicle)
- 6 July
- TCEQ and Galveston Bay Foundation host public meetings to improve water quality along Upper Texas Coast (TCEQ Press Release)
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/communication/media/070610UpperTxCoastTMDL - Consumers Save Money, Water with EPAÃs WaterSense Program: Showerheads added to the WaterSense product list (EPA Release)
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/products/showerheads.html - County launches Grand Parkway study (Howard Roden – Kingwood Observer)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/06/kingwood_observer/news/27kograndparkway.txt
- TCEQ and Galveston Bay Foundation host public meetings to improve water quality along Upper Texas Coast (TCEQ Press Release)
- 5 July
- It’s not just the beach getting oiled (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7095137.html - Houston water rate increase validated in court (Jim Middleton – Texas Tribune)
http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=10359 - Flooding Fix Closer in Houston (Sally McDonald – My Fox Houston)
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/weather/100705-flooding-fix-closer-in-houston
- It’s not just the beach getting oiled (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
- 2 July
- Fracas erupts over ‘fracking’ practices (Ford Gunter – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/05/story3.html?b=1278302400^3589241&s=industry&i=energy - DOE grant energizes UH wind research project (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/07/05/tidbits2.html?b=1278302400^3589471&s=industry&i=energy - Thrashers sing familiar songs (Gary and Kathy Adams Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7092090.html - A ‘Partial Victory’ for Texas Streams:Â TCEQ votes to keep strong bacteria standard (for now) (Forrest Wilder – Texas Observer)
- http://www.texasobserver.org/primary-sources/item/16746-a-partial-victory-for-texas-streams
- In search of an oil plume (Harvery Rice – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7090804.html - Speedy recovery around the corner for Texas City Dike (Shannon Tompkins – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/7089048.html
- Fracas erupts over ‘fracking’ practices (Ford Gunter – Houston Business Journal)