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March 25, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-03-30: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured Al Armendariz: Regional administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (Texas Climate News, 03/29/2011) Al Armendariz, as the regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s five-state Region 6, is in the center of the controversy involving environmental initiatives. Texas, alone, has refused to implement the new climate rules or even cooperate with the EPA. Al Armendariz was interviewed about the situation. http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=1528…

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March 23, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-03-23: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured Historic Houston’s Salvage Warehouse may close (Marci Gilbert – Houston Tomorrow, 03/18/2011) Historic Houston’s Salvage Warehouse announced that it may close unless it can raise more funds. Historic Houston’s Salvage Program and Salvage Warehouse serve the community by reclaiming and reusing historic building materials in order to reduce construction waste and prevent it from entering the landfills. http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/historic-houstons-salvage-warehouse-closes New…

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March 16, 2011

ECONOTES 2011-03-16: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured A fear of fracking may slow natural gas trend (Jennifer A. Dlouhy – Houston Chronicle, 03/09/2011) Fracking has conservationists and environmentalists concerned about the water demand associated with the process as well as the possibility of natural gas escaping from the wells and chemicals tainting nearby water sources. These risks may hurt the industry as the opposition grows. Horizontal…

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