HARRIS COUNTY TOPS LIST OF PIPELINE SPILLS FROM RUST Houston Chronicle 11/19/06 Corrosion has become the leading cause of hazardous-liquid pipeline accidents, causing a quarter of all reported spills in the past six years, and the shutdown earlier this year of one of the nation’s largest oil fields, a review by the Houston Chronicle and industry groups shows. FIRE THAT…
PEAK-OIL DEBATE CRACKLES ANEW Houston Chronicle 11/15/06 The world’s oil resources won’t last forever, but production should increase for at least another quarter-century thanks to technology and unconventional sources that “peak oil” theorists often discount, analysts with Cambridge Energy Research Associates said Tuesday. STATE PASSES NEW WATER SUPPLY PLAN Houston Chronicle 11/15/06 AUSTIN – The Texas Water Development Board approved…
SUIT SAYS HOUSTON SMOG PLAN WON’T WORK Houston Chronicle 11/7/06 The Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention filed a lawsuit that claims that a suite of revisions approved by the EPA in September will not reduce ground-level ozone in the region enough to meet federal health standards. CITY OKS SMOKING BAN Baytown Sun 11/8/06 After months of debate, Baytown voters had…