ECONOTES 2010-08-11: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations; City of Houston #4 on list (EPA Press release – August 2, 2010)
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top50.htm - Texas officials say they won’t implement EPA’s climate rules (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News- August 5, 2010)
http://www.texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/8410TXofficialswontimplementEPAsrules/tabid/1765/Default.aspx - Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle – August 6, 2010)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7141799.html - State sues BP over refinery (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle – August 10, 2010)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7146550.html
Econotes
- 10 August
- Scientists square off over Texas’ dead zone (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7147999.html - State sues BP over refinery (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7146550.html - Texas City residents worried about air quality as Attorney General sues BP (KHOU Channel 11)
http://www.khou.com/news/-Texas-City-residents-worried-about-air-quality-as-Attorney-General-sues-BP–100321999.html
- Scientists square off over Texas’ dead zone (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
- 6 August
- Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7141799.html - Look for migrating hummingbirds (Gary & Kathy Adams Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7142977.html - Tar balls on Surfside likely not from spill, official says (Nathanieal Lukefahr – The Facts of Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/news/article_452751a4-a0fd-11df-be39-001cc4c03286.html
- Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
- 5 August
- Texas officials say they won’t implement EPA’s climate rules (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
http://www.texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/8410TXofficialswontimplementEPAsrules/tabid/1765/Default.aspx - Texas looks at options for transportation (KTRK Channel 13 Eyewitness News)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7595365 - Sealy seminar to teach landscapers on being wise with water (The Sealy News Online)
http://www.sealynews.com/articles/2010/08/05/news/news12.txt
- Texas officials say they won’t implement EPA’s climate rules (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News)
- 4 August
- Road to efficient transit (River Oaks Examiner)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/05/river_oaks_examiner/news/ro_commute_solutions.txt - New solid waste, recycling service transition plan tested on 1,800 Sugar Land residences (Elsa Maxey – Fort Bend Southwest Star)
http://www.fortbendstar.com/080410/n_Newsolid.htm - 2 Fort Bend cities get $3 mil. approved for transportation enhancement projects (Elsa Maxey – Fort Bend Southwest Star)
http://www.fortbendstar.com/080410/n_2FortBend.htm
- Road to efficient transit (River Oaks Examiner)
- 3 August or EarlierÂ
- Buffalo Bayou Heritage cited in legislation (The Port of Houston)
http://www.portofhouston.com/pdf/pubaffairs/PHAMag_JunJul10.pdf - EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations; City of Houston #4 on list (EPA Press release)
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top50.htm - BP’s new headache: plant emissions suit (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7138009.html - Park and Ride location falls through (Kristi Nix – The Journal of Pearland)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/04/pearland_journal/news/8-5_pj_park_and_ride.txt - Town Center mobility project lands $4 million (Sugar Land Sun)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/09/sugar_land_sun/news/sws_gov_sl_mobility_grant_83.txt
- Buffalo Bayou Heritage cited in legislation (The Port of Houston)