ECONOTES 2010-12-01: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured
- New Bayou Tour Boat Replaces One Destroyed By Fire (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News, 11/30/2010)
After losing their boat to a deliberately lit fire in July, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership is once again offering boat cruises. Their new vessel is called The Spirit of the Bayou. The partnership offers tours to see another side of Houston.
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1291155868 - Houston’s bayous do more than offer green space (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle, 11/19/2010)
Houston’s bayous give the city diversity in its greenery and wildlife. They are habitats for a wide array of birds, butterflies, frogs turtles, and mammals. The plants that can be found in the bayous include cattails and bulrushes with trees such as oaks and cypresses. Unfortunately, much of the bayou area is diminishing due to recent urbanization.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7302891.html - NRG to roll out electric car charging network (Greg Barr – Houston Business Journal, 11/18/2010)
NRG Energy Inc. is helping Houston become more friendly to electric cars. NRG said it will spend 10 million dollars for charging stations around Houston to make sure electrical vehicle ownership is fun, affordable, and convenient.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/11/17/nrg-to-roll-out-electric-car-charging.html
EcoNotes
- 1 December
- Pressure Builds to Reveal ‘Fracking’ Chemicals (Tennille Tracy – The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870 - Gulf drilling ban draws swift rebuke (Barrett Goldsmith – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/12/01/gulf-drilling-ban-draws-swift-rebuke.html - Feds to impose Gulf drill ban (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/12/01/feds-to-impose-gulf-drill-ban.html
- Pressure Builds to Reveal ‘Fracking’ Chemicals (Tennille Tracy – The Wall Street Journal)
- 30 November
- New Bayou Tour Boat Replaces One Destroyed By Fire (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1291155868 - Urbanism is solution to climate change (David Crossley – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/urbanism-is-solution-to-climate - Holiday shopping options that keep the season green and meaningful (Bill Sullivan – ABC13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/11/30/holiday-shopping - Experts to talk about rules for oil, natural gas (Hayley Kappes – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/194758 - Go Green When Decorating For Holidays (Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/holidays/21260927/detail.html
- Should You Buy A Real Or Fake Tree? (Pamela Sosnowski – Click2Houston)
http://www.click2houston.com/holidays/21260886/detail.html
- New Bayou Tour Boat Replaces One Destroyed By Fire (Wendy Siegle – KUHF News)
- 29 November
- Dreaming of a green Christmas? Tips for an eco-conscious holiday (ABC13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/11/29/dreaming-of-a-green-christmas - Give eco-friendly beauty gifts for babies, green teens and mom (ABC13 News)
http://www.greenrightnow.com/ktrk/2010/11/29/give-eco-friendly
- Dreaming of a green Christmas? Tips for an eco-conscious holiday (ABC13 News)
- 27 November
- Q&A: In search of greener carbon fuels (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7313947.html
- Q&A: In search of greener carbon fuels (Eric Berger – Houston Chronicle)
- 24 November
- Texas Agency Unlawfully Failing to Protect People from Toxic Air Pollution (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000031033 - Spill fund recipients can’t sue oil companies, claims facility says (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/11/24/spill-fund-recipients-cant-sue-bp.html - 4 green building things you may not know (Barrett Goldsmith – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2010/11/26/4-green-building - U.S. Government To Speed Up Offshore Wind Energy Development (Ayesha Rascoe – PlanetArk News)
http://planetark.org/wen/60334
- Texas Agency Unlawfully Failing to Protect People from Toxic Air Pollution (Guidry News)
- 23 November
- Air Toxics Can Leak Near Gas Wells (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1290471923
- Air Toxics Can Leak Near Gas Wells (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
- 22 November
- William “Joe†Turner Appointed to NRPA Board of Directors (Houston Parks & Recreation Department News)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/2155/959807/ - Galveston residents seek to restore public beach (Jay Blazek Crossley – Houston Tomorrow)
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/galveston-residents - Oil and Gas Drilling Nears Homes (Carrie Feibel – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1290405272
- William “Joe†Turner Appointed to NRPA Board of Directors (Houston Parks & Recreation Department News)
- 21 November
- Testing under way at contaminated Danbury site (John Tompkins – The Facts Covering Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/your_town/west_of_brazos/ - EPA evaluated contaminated Danbury site in 1989 (John Tompkins – The Facts Covering Brazoria County)
http://thefacts.com/your_town/west_of_brazos/
- Testing under way at contaminated Danbury site (John Tompkins – The Facts Covering Brazoria County)
- 20 November
- City approves water conservation plan (Hayley Kappes – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/192010
- City approves water conservation plan (Hayley Kappes – The Galveston County Daily News)
- 19 November
- Toxic Pipeline? (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News)
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1290208335 - Shoppers shrug off fears about toxic reusable bags (Ben Dobbin – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/apnews?report=/dynamic/stories - Electric Cars In Houston: There Will Be A Charging Station At Spec’s!! (Danny Lopez – Houston Press)
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/11/electric_cars_volt_leaf.php - U.S. House approves SSBG funds extension (Amanda Casanova – The Galveston County Daily News)
http://galvestondailynews.com/story/191694 - Houston’s bayous do more than offer green space (Gary Clark – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7302891.html
- Toxic Pipeline? (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News)
- 18 November
- City says water is safe to drink (Tracy Dang – The Katy Times)
http://www.katytimes.com/articles/2010/11/17/news/doc4ce2d93162a86017328411.txt - NRG to roll out electric car charging network (Greg Barr – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/11/17/nrg-to-roll-out-electric-car-charging.html - After 111 years, soil survey complete (Patricia Benoit – Blackland News)
http://www.brc.tamus.edu/news/last-acre - Chevron Phillips reaches $2M clean air settlement (Barrett Goldsmith – Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2010/11/18/chevron-phillips-reaches-2m-clean-air.html - TCEQ critiqued on transparency (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7301667.html
- City says water is safe to drink (Tracy Dang – The Katy Times)
- 17 November
- West Galveston Island Beach Renourishment Project (Jim Guidry – Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000030870 - Harm to Gulf from oil spill unclear (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7300085.html - Study: Texas coal plants foul neighbors’ air (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7298391.html
- West Galveston Island Beach Renourishment Project (Jim Guidry – Guidry News)
- 16 November
- Having shovels, will learn: School provides lesson in conservation (Madison Probus – Insight News)
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid - Texas Partnership for Children in Nature Calls For “Happier, Healthier, Smarter†Kids (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20101116a
- Having shovels, will learn: School provides lesson in conservation (Madison Probus – Insight News)
- 15 November
- Big Bend Ranch State Park trail designated an “Epic†Ride (Texas Parks and Wildlife News)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20101115a
- Big Bend Ranch State Park trail designated an “Epic†Ride (Texas Parks and Wildlife News)
- 11 November
- EPA Gives States Leeway on CO2 (Stephen Power – The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487038 - Texas officials refuse to follow new federal greenhouse gas policy (Dave Michaels – The Dallas Morning News)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111110dnmetghgpermits.3b53634.html
- EPA Gives States Leeway on CO2 (Stephen Power – The Wall Street Journal)
- 8 November
- Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics (Neela Banerjee – Los Angeles Times)
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/08/nation/la-na-climate-scientists-20101108
- Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics (Neela Banerjee – Los Angeles Times)
- 5 October
- Expert: Texas is getting hotter due to global warming (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2010-10-05-texas-heat_N.htm?csp=34news
- Expert: Texas is getting hotter due to global warming (USA Today)