Featured 1. Crews fear oil rig will spill 336,000 gallons of crude a day (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle) A drilling rig that burned for more than a day before sinking Thursday has fouled Gulf of Mexico waters with a potentially major spill of crude oil, officials said. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6969765.html 2. Has the Clean Air Act outlived its usefulness? (Matthew Tresaugue…
Featured Better Check Those Trash Bags (Bill Stamps – KUHF News) The city of Houston will no longer pick up yard trimmings in normal black trash bags. Now residents must use compostable bags which will degrade in less than three months. This will keep more things out of the landfill, while earning the city some money as five dollars will be…
 Featured Stories Garcia: Superfund site to see progress soon (Travers La Ville – The Baytown Sun) The Environmental Protection Agency is making progress with the issue of industrial waste dump into the San Jacinto River. People are taking large health risks if they choose to eat any of the wildlife found in the area around the Superfund site. Warning…