Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: September 23, 2014
Featured
- City to reach all homes with curbside recycling (Katherine Driessen and Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle, 9/15/2014)
All Houston residents who get city trash service will be able to roll their recyclables to the curb in 96-gallon green carts by the start of 2015, a milestone that has been years in the making as the city slowly expanded the program, frustrating neighborhoods that sought to be included. City Council on Wednesday will be asked to approve the purchase of 95,000 recycling bins to cover the 90,000 homes, or about one-quarter of Houston residences, that are without any form of curbside recycling.
www.houstonchronicle.com - Houston’s top gardener hangs up her trowel after 28 years (Kathy Huber – Houston Chronicle, 9/15/2014)
Horticulturist Dee Howell has recently retired. “She’s done more with less than almost anyone,” said parks department director Joe Turner. “Her knowledge is phenomenal, and I’m going to miss her. She puts the icing on city landscapes.” With an annual budget of only $56,000 for materials, Howell, 61, and her staff of six whip up 100,000 bedding plants each year in the big glass house. They sow seeds, root cuttings and schedule flats of plants they’ve grown for delivery to Memorial Park Golf Course, Mecom Fountain, Houston City Hall, Hermann Park and other city green spaces.
www.houstonchronicle.com - The San Jacinto River in Peril: Part Three – A Conspiracy of Silence (Nick Anderson – Houston Chronicle, 9/14/2014)
Chronicle cartoonist Nick Anderson spent months researching the San Jacinto River wast pits and how they affect the residents of the immediate area and the entire Houston community. The result is equal parts editorial cartoon, investigative journalism and graphic narrative. This cartoon brings a close look at the lawsuit Harris County filed against the Potentially Responsible Parties.
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EcoNotes
- 19 September
- It Will Take an Insane Amount of Rain Before the Highland Lakes Recover (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org - What Can Texas Do About Roads Damaged by Drilling? (Kyle Ver – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org - Editorial: Support carbon pollution limits for power plants (Scoop San Diego)
http://scoopsandiego.com - An Extreme Congressional Attack on Americans’ Right to Breathe Healthy Air (Center for Effective Government)
www.foreffectivegov.org - Texas Instruments a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 2.8% Yield (TXN) (Forbes)
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- It Will Take an Insane Amount of Rain Before the Highland Lakes Recover (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
- 18 September
- Redoing Memorial Park: New $100 million plan to change Houston’s most important green space forever (Barbara Kuntz – CultureMap Houston)
http://houston.culturemap.com - Despite Some Rain, Drought Still Grips Texas Towns (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org - Environmental groups demand new methane regulations (Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Washington Bureau – Express News)
www.expressnews.com - Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection (Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection)
www.nanowerk.com - Proposed Memorial Dr. Tunnels Would Allow Grassy Hookup for North and South Sections of Memorial Park (SwamPlot)
http://swamplot.com - Chevron first energy giant to meet new sustainable shale standards (Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com - Fort Bend wins big at H-GAC Clean Air awards (Alex Endress – Your Fort Bend News)
- Metro still tweaking its reimagined bus plan (Charles Kuffner – Off the Kuff)
http://offthekuff.com - Hummingbird wars (The Baytown Sun)
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- Redoing Memorial Park: New $100 million plan to change Houston’s most important green space forever (Barbara Kuntz – CultureMap Houston)
- 17 September
- Automated Curbside Recycling To Be Expanded To All Houston Homes (Florian Martin – Houston Public Media)
www.houstonpublicmedia.org - Memorial Park proposal bridges history and ecology (Molly Glentzer – Houston Chronicle)
www.houstonchronicle.com - Monarch Butterfly EGGstravaganza on the Llano River as Migration Heads South (Monika Maeckle – My SA News)
http://blog.mysanantonio.com - Lawmaker wants EPA to consider cost of new smog limits (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
www.houstonchronicle.com - TEXAS VIEW: No water to waste – Odessa American: Texas Opinion TEXAS VIEW: No water to waste (Houston Chronicle/OA Online)
www.oaoa.com - Next in “What’s wrong with our textbooksâ€: Climate change (Charles Kuffner – Off the Kuff)
http://offthekuff.com - Economist predicts crude export ban will stand for now (Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Washington Bureau – Express News)
www.expressnews.com - Cooler Summer Bites Into Public Utility Revenues (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org - Fatigue Linked To Dozens Of Fatal Crashes Involving Oilfield Workers (Andrew Schneider – Houston Public Media)
www.houstonpublicmedia.org - Stanford research links malnutrition and pollination (Liz Rauer – Stanford News)
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- Automated Curbside Recycling To Be Expanded To All Houston Homes (Florian Martin – Houston Public Media)
- 16 September
- Texas A&M receives funds to build artificial reef habitats (The Record)
http://therecordlive.com - Coastwide Seagrass Rule Anniversary Signals Hope for Vital Resource (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
www.tpwd.state.tx.us - Win a date and boost reforestation (Allen Jones – Houston Chronicle)
www.chron.com - H-GAC names Clean Air Action awards (Alex Endress – Memorial Examiner)
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- Texas A&M receives funds to build artificial reef habitats (The Record)
- 15 September
- Houston’s top gardener hangs up her trowel after 28 years (Kathy Huber – Houston Chronicle)
www.houstonchronicle.com - City to reach all homes with curbside recycling (Katherine Driessen and Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle)
www.houstonchronicle.com - Research Links Drilling Activities to Water Contamination in North Texas (Mose Buchele – StateImpact)
http://stateimpact.npr.org - Natural gas production contaminated drinking water in Texas, study finds (Neela Banerjee – LA Times)
www.latimes.com - Funding available to private landowners for longleaf pine conservaton (The Gilmer Mirror)
www.gilmermirror.com - Homes Near Gas Wells in Texas Face Worsening Water Issues (Mark Drajem – Bloomberg)
www.bloomberg.com - EPA Greenlights $500M Texas Petroleum Plant (Linda Chiem – Law 360)
www.law360.com - Texas School Textbooks In Denial Over Manmade Climate Change (Carbonated TV)
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- Houston’s top gardener hangs up her trowel after 28 years (Kathy Huber – Houston Chronicle)
- 14 September
- The San Jacinto River in Peril: Part Three – A Conspiracy of Silence (Nick Anderson – Houston Chronicle)
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- The San Jacinto River in Peril: Part Three – A Conspiracy of Silence (Nick Anderson – Houston Chronicle)
- 12 September
- Planting trees could be a weapon in the battle against smog (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
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- Planting trees could be a weapon in the battle against smog (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)