CONOCOPHILLIPS, ENCANA TO CREATE NEW OIL COMPANY Houston Business Journal 10/5/06 ConocoPhillips and EnCana Corp have entered into an agreement to create a North American joint-venture heavy oil company. VALERO LEAK PROMPTS EVACUATION Houston Chronicle 10/5/06 An accidental gas release at the Valero refinery in east Houston sent nearly 30 workers to area hospitals, where they were treated for respiratory…
Rice University Press Office Rice University released a report Wednesday that recommends immediate action to reduce levels of four toxic air pollutants because exposure to them poses a high risk to community health.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, Oct 5, to provide an overview and discussion of several components proposed for the revision of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing the federal eight-hour ozone air quality standard for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) ozone nonattainment area.