ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, JUNE 4 – 9

TOMATOES IN SALMONELLA OUTBREAK NOT GROWN IN TEXAS Houston Chronicle 6/6/08 Tomatoes linked to a Salmonella outbreak in Texas and New Mexico were not grown in Texas, state and federal officials said Friday. STATE WINDSTORM INSURANCE RATES DEBATED Houston Chronicle 6/6/08 As another hurricane season gets under way, efforts to shore up the state’s windstorm insurer of last resort have…

LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER?

By Ella Tyler Abraham Lincoln said, “God must have loved poor people, he made so many of them.” Take a look at the TCEQ’s newest Water Quality Inventory and 303(d) List, and you’ll conclude that we must love dirty water, we’ve made so much of it.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MAY 27 – JUNE 2

WHITE SAYS PLANTS HAVE WORK TO DO ON BENZENE Houston Chronicle 5/28/08 Mayor Bill White on Tuesday reiterated his plan to get tougher with the petrochemical industry over its benzene emissions, and called on local plants to publicly set goals for reducing the toxic pollutant during the next five years. HOUSTON MAYOR SHIFTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY HOUSTON MAYOR’S ENVIRONMENTAL TO-DO…