CITY ORDERS DEVELOPERS TO SHARE PARK COSTS Houston Chronicle 10/11/07 The Houston City Council decided Wednesday that residential developers must share the costs of ensuring that future generations of Houstonians enjoy access to parks and green space as their city grows. MORE THAN HALF OF TEXAS WATERWAYS CALLED UNSAFE Houston Chronicle 10/11/07 More than half of the state’s waterways are…
HOUSTON MAYOR DEFENDS ROLE IN HIGH-RISE FIGHT Houston Chronicle 10/4/07 Two days after Mayor Bill White pledged support for residents fighting a planned high-rise building near Rice University, city officials withdrew their approval of the developers’ traffic impact analysis of the project. ANALYSIS: AS HOUSTON GROWS, ZONING TALK IS REBORN MANCHESTER RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT SCRAP PLANT Houston Chronicle 9/29/07 Complaining…
NRG SEEKS FIRST US NUCLEAR PLANT PERMIT IN DECADES Reuters 9/25/07 NRG Energy will file an application with regulators on Tuesday to build two new nuclear reactors in Texas, the first such request in the United States in 29 years, the company said Monday. TWO NEW NUCLEAR POWER UNITS IN PROSPECT FOR TEXAS AREA NUCLEAR PLANT PLANS DRAW OUT PROPONENTS,…