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ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, JUNE 30 – JULY 13

TREES CUT IN PREPARATION OF RAZING RIVER OAKS CENTER Houston Chronicle 7/12/07 Contractors removed a line of trees, including several large oaks, from the edge of the River Oaks Shopping Center Wednesday as Weingarten Realty Investors continued its preparations to demolish part of the 70-year-old center. WIND BEHIND CITY’S PLAN TO SAVE ON POWER Houston Chronicle 7/13/07 Hoping to stabilize…

ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES JUNE 23-29

U.S. DECLARES BALD EAGLES NO LONGER THREATENED Washington Post 6/29/07 The bald eagle was removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species yesterday during a ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial, as officials and environmentalists celebrated the national symbol’s historic recovery. EAGLE’S RETURN SHOWS SPECIES LAW WORKS BALD EAGLES, THRIVING, SETTLE INTO SUBURBAN LIFE CITGO FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING…

ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, JUNE 9 – 15

COURT ALLOWS RECOVERY OF CLEANUP COSTS Houston Chronicle 6/11/07 The Supreme Court strengthened a landmark anti-pollution program Monday, enabling companies to recover costs when they voluntarily clean up hazardous material. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS SET POLICY ON WARMING, IDENTITY Houston Chronicle 6/13/07 Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global warming Wednesday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to…