FOUR HOUSTON-AREA CHEMICAL PLANTS ACCUSED IN STATE LAWSUIT Houston Chronicle 12/21/06 Four Houston-area chemical plants could face hundreds of thousands of dollars – if not millions – in penalties for releasing pollutants into the air and failing to properly monitor equipment for leaks. NEW FLOOD MAPS TO AFFECT 10,000 HARRIS PROPERTIES Houston Chronicle 12/18/06 Thousands of Harris County property owners…
By Ella Tyler The Texas Department of Transportation has indefinitely suspended the state Transportation Enhancement Program, which distributes federal grants to local governments for projects that “encourage diverse modes of travel, increase the community benefits to transportation investment, strengthen partnerships between state and local governments, and promote citizen involvement in transportation decisions.†The grants are informally referred to as STEP…
TXU, NRG CORNERING THE POWER MARKET? Galveston County Daily News 12/10/06 In the face of growing demand, the state’s two largest electricity generators plan to add greatly to the power supply. GREEN GROUP ASKS BANKS NOT TO FUND TXU COAL PLANTS THE COST OF AN OVERHEATED PLANET New York Times 12/12/06 The iconic culprit in global warming is the coal-fired…