US EPA SUFFERS FROM CHRONIC MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS: GAO Reuters 6/28/07 WASHINGTON – The US Environmental Protection Agency does not enforce clean air and water laws consistently and is crippled by sloppy record keeping, the investigative arm of Congress told a Senate panel on Wednesday. SUPREME COURT TAKES UP WHAT COULD BE KEY RULING ON CLIMATE CHANGE Environmental News Network 6/27/06…
FLOOD SYSTEM PASSED SURPRISE TEST Houston Chronicle 6/21/06 After receiving its first real test since Tropical Storm Allison, Harris County’s revamped flood control system appears to have earned mostly passing marks. SHELTER-IN-PLACE LIFTED AFTER SHELL LEAK Houston Chronicle 6/19/06 The floating roof of a chemical storage tank at Shell’s Deer Park chemical plant tipped open under the weight of pooling…
POLLUTANT STUDY GIVES THE COUNTY A CLEANUP ‘TO-DO’ LIST, MAYOR SAYS Houston Chronicle, 6/13/06 Concentrations of a dozen air pollutants in the Houston area pose significant risks to public health, and nowhere is the risk greater than in east Harris County, along the Ship Channel, a task force of public health and toxicological experts convened by Mayor Bill White concluded…