ECONOTES 2010-08-04: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured

• EPA rejects Texas’ challenge of finding on greenhouse gases (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News – July 30, 2010)
  http://texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/72910EPArejectsTexaschallenge/tabid/1760/Default.aspx
• Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been Dumping Site (Campbell Robertson – New York Times – July 29, 2010)
  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30gulf.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
• Corps ‘crossed the line,’ suit alleges Agency is accused of avoiding environmental study on Galveston (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle – July 29, 2009)
  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7131454.html
• IRS Extends Filing Deadline for Small Charities (Philanthropy News Digest – July 28, 2010)
  http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=303100002

Econotes

• 4 August
  • More proof it’s hot: Texas power use sets record (Tom Fowler – Blog – Houston Chronicle)
    http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2010/08/texas_sets_a_ne.html
• 3 August
  • Low-oxygen area now deeper into Texas waters (Eric Burger – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7137925.html
  • Texas Department of Transportation Rail Plan Briefing (Jim Guidry – Guidry News)
    http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028432
  • Road to efficient transit (West University Examiner)
    http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/03/west_university_examiner/news/wu_commute_solutions.txt
  • Town Center mobility project lands $4 million (Sugar Land Sun)
    http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/03/sugar_land_sun/news/sws_gov_sl_mobility_grant_83.txt
  • H-GAC hosts hazardous waste cleanups (Lu Ann Martell – The Colorado County Courier)
    http://www.coloradocountycitizen.com/articles/2010/08/03/news/news03.txt
  • How do you fix Houston’s crumbling drainage system? (Miya Shay – KTRK Channel 13 News)
    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7589351
  • 6th Annual Redfish Raft Up set for Labor Day Weekend (Guidry News)
    http://www.guidrynews.com/10August/21410GalvestonBayFoundation.pdf
  • Freeport eyes its own planetarium (Nathaniel Lukefahr – The Facts of Brazoria County)
    http://thefacts.com/news/article_736de4c6-9eb7-11df-a4cf-001cc4c002e0.html
  • Take Care of Texas News You Can Use – August 2010 (TCEQ Newsletter)
    http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/forms_pubs/pubs/pd/pd-025.html
• 2 August
  • To restore Gulf Coast, ‘real work begins now’ (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7134769.html
  • TxDOT wants public’s opinion on Texas Rail Plan (KHOU Channel 11 News)
    http://www.khou.com/news/local/TxDOT-wants-publics-opinion-on-Texas-Rail-Plan-99788139.html
  • TxDOT seeks public’s input on Texas Rail Plan (KTRK Channel 13 News)
    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7587391
  • Public meetings to be held on Statewide Rail and Long Range Transportation Plan (Guidry News)
    http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028404
  • TCEQ Commissioner Buddy Garcia to Represent Texas at Gulf of Mexico Alliance Meeting (Guidry News)
    http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000028395
• 1 August
  • No simple fix likely in clean-air dispute (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7134943.html
  • Experts say spill, and years of bad policy, leave little time to help top global food source (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7134769.html
• 31 July
  • House approves major curbs on offshore drilling (Jennifer Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7133292.html
• 30 July
  • EPA rejects Texas’ challenge of finding on greenhouse gases (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
    http://texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/72910EPArejectsTexaschallenge/tabid/1760/Default.aspx
  • Getting future federal contracts could require firms to go green (Kent Hoover – Houston Business Journal)
    http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/08/02/newscolumn1.html?b=1280721600^3728141&s=industry&i=green
  • Conroe recycling program slated to start in October (The Courier of Montgomery County)
    http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/31/conroe_courier/news/recycle073110.txt
• 29 July
  • Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been Dumping Site (Campbell Robertson – New York Times)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30gulf.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
  • Corps ‘crossed the line,’ suit alleges Agency is accused of avoiding environmental study on Galveston (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7131454.html
• 28 July
  • IRS Extends Filing Deadline for Small Charities (Philanthropy News Digest)
    http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=303100002
  • Observation Tower Going Up at Houston’s Sheldon Lake State Park (TPWD Press Release)
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20100728a&nrtype=all&nrspan=2010&nrsearch=
  • Motorists urged to Drive Clean Across Texas (Waller County News Citizen)
    http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/28/waller_county_news_citizen/news/driveclean072910.txt
  • Local seminar to teach landscapers on being wise with water (The Sealy News Online)
    http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2010/07/27/news/news13.txt
• 27 July
  • $8.4 Million in State Funding Awarded to Help Solve Renewable Energy Challenges (PRWeb)
    http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4306714.htm