ECONOTES 2012-07-09: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region
Featured Opposition grows against making marsh from ship channel sludge (Cindy Horswell – Houston Chronicle, 07/04/2012) A proposed marsh is part of the plan to deepen and widen the Bayport Channel to accommodate much larger container ships. The new marsh would be a depository site for the dredged material. Environmentalists are worried that it will be like open bay dumping…