August 11, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-08-11: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations; City of Houston #4 on list (EPA Press release – August 2, 2010) http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top50.htm  Texas officials say they won’t implement EPA’s climate rules (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News- August 5, 2010) http://www.texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/8410TXofficialswontimplementEPAsrules/tabid/1765/Default.aspx Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit (Monica Hatcher – Houston Chronicle – August 6, 2010) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7141799.html State…

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August 4, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-08-04: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured EPA rejects Texas’ challenge of finding on greenhouse gases (Bill Dawson – Texas Climate News – July 30, 2010) http://texasclimatenews.org/FeatureStories/72910EPArejectsTexaschallenge/tabid/1760/Default.aspx Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been Dumping Site (Campbell Robertson – New York Times – July 29, 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30gulf.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 Corps ‘crossed the line,’ suit alleges Agency is accused of avoiding environmental study on Galveston (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle…

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July 28, 2010

ECONOTES 2010-07-28: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured State appeals EPA rejection of air permits (Matthew Treseaugue – Houston Chronicle) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7125787.html Feed your family, your community with healthy food you grow (Ray Sher of Urban Harvest – Houston Chronicle) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/gardening/urbanharvest/7118133.html Mid-year report card on recycling in the Lake Houston area (Hal Opperman – Kingwood Observer) http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/07/21/kingwood_observer/opinion/komyturn.txt What are the Texas implications if there’s no federal climate bill?…

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