TEXAS SPENDING PER CAPITA IS THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY Houston Chronicle 3/3/08 The Texas state government spends less money per resident than any other state in the country, according to a new survey that also ranks Texas as the fourth best-run state in the nation. RADIOACTIVE DUMP COULD GET OK DESPITE PROXIMITY TO GROUNDWATER Houston Chronicle 3/5/08 The head…
By Ella Tyler March 1 begins the ozone season in the Houston area. Ground level ozone forms when sunlight and warm air (which we’ll have lots of) react with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. High ozone levels can cause coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. They are dangerous to children, the elderly, and people with asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
ACTIVIST LAMENTS LAWS THAT DULL GREEN SPARK Houston Chronicle 2/29/08 Lawmakers should “take a chain saw” to the nation’s thicket of energy-related laws to unleash innovation that could cut greenhouse gas emissions, a Sierra Club official said Thursday at the George R. Brown Convention Center. CLINTON CALLS FOR CLEANER FUELS AT ENERGY CONFERENCE US HOUSE OKAY’S BILL TO TAX BIG…