EPA DELAYS HOUSTON’S DEADLINE FOR CLEAN AIR TO 2019 Houston Chronicle 10/1/08 Houston’s persistent smog problem is worse than bad. It’s severe. At the request of Gov. Rick Perry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted the eight-county Houston region an extra nine years to meet federal health standards for smog-forming ozone by formally classifying the problem as “severe.”…
OFFICIAL: U.S. HIGHWAY FUND TO RUN OUT OF MONEY THIS MONTH Houston Chronicle 9/5/08 The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said today. HUTCHISON SAYS TEXAS IS SHORTCHANGED ON ROADS HOW DO WE PAY FOR ROADS? GROWING SUBURBS NOW SEE MASS…
LYONDELL PLANTS TO PAY $6.5 MILLION TO END TEXAS SMOG PROBE Houston Chronicle 8/26/08 Two Lyondell Chemical Company affiliates have agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve an investigation into their handling of smog-causing pollutants, the Texas attorney general announced Monday. JOINT VENTURE PLANS $1.8 BILLION TEXAS OFFSHORE OIL PORT AND PIPELINE SYSTEM Houston Business Journal 8/18/08 Two Houston companies…