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July 20, 2015

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: July 20, 2015

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  1. The EPA Has a New Tool For Mapping Where Pollution and Poverty Intersect (Heather Hansman – Smithsonian, 7/14/2015)
    “Open up the Environmental Protection Agency’s new EJSCREEN tool, click into the map and pull up your neighborhood. Are you exposed to higher then average amounts of particulate matter? Or are you close to bunch of Superfund sites ridden with hazardous waste? And how do those environmental factors overlap with the demographic breakdown of your block? EJSCREEN, which anyone can use through the EPA’s website, pulls in the agency’s pollution data and intersects it with census data, so users concretely see where groups and industries are being particularly destructive to the environment, and where people are being disproportionately exposed to pollution.”
    www.smithsonianmag.com
  2. New path first step in connected trails (Lindsay Peyton – Houston Chronicle, 7/15/2015)
    “The Houston Parks and Recreation Department and Houston Parks Board recently celebrated the completion of the White Oak Bayou Path, the first in a series of projects creating a more connected system of hike-and-bike trails in the city. Mayor Annise Parker and District A council member Brenda Stardig joined the organizations for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 9. Joe Turner, director of the city’s parks and recreation department, said that funding for this project was made possible through a $15 million federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant for regional bike and pedestrian trails. The grant will fund six projects.”
    www.chron.com
  3. Ozone Pollution in Houston: Q&A with Dr. Gretchen Goldman (Adrian Shelley – airCurrent News, 7/7/2015)
    “The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of reviewing the ozone air pollution limit. This is an important issue in Texas and Houston in particular, where we have never met a federal ozone standard. With the standard likely to come down, Houston can expect to stay in “nonattainment” (that is, not meeting the federal standard) for years or even decades to come. In order to understand the science behind ozone pollution, its impact on public health, and the need for a new standard, we reached out to Dr. Gretchen Goldman, lead analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and air pollution exposure scientist.”
    http://airalliancehouston.org

EcoNotes

  • 20 July
  • 19 July
  • 18 July
  • 17 July
    • Whiteface, Texas students receive President’s Environmental Education Award for helping to eliminate (Newsroom America)
      www.newsroomamerica.com
  • 16 July
    • TOPCORP Training Program Receives $125,000 Grant from Environmental Defense Fund (University Chronicle)
      www.ssuchronicle.com
    • Tyson, Nature Conservancy to help waterways (Houston Chronicle)
      www.houstonchronicle.com
    • The US is now running an ecological deficit, according to a new report (Derek Markham – Treehugger)
      www.treehugger.com
    • How much do electric cars actually pollute? (Jonathan M. Gitlin – Ars Technica)
      http://arstechnica.com
  • 15 July
    • Tesla and Texas Today (airCurrent News)
      http://airalliancehouston.org
    • New path first step in connected trails (Lindsay Peyton – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • In Small Town Texas, Measuring New Business By The Billions (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • Tell Us: What You Think About The Houston Bus System? (Valerie Lawhorn – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
    • EPA Honors 2015 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Winners (The News)
      www.achrnews.com
    • Younger truckers, speedier environmental reviews on tap as Senate marks up highway bill (Michael A. Lindenberger, Washington Correspondent Follow Lindenberger – The Dallas Morning News)
      http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com
    • Abbott on CNBC: ‘We just made Texas even better’ (Paul O’Donnell – San Antonio Business Journal)
      www.bizjournals.com
    • Students learn about conservation through collaboration program (Albert Lea Tribune)
      www.albertleatribune.com
  • 14 July
    • The EPA Has a New Tool For Mapping Where Pollution and Poverty Intersect (Heather Hansman – Smithsonian)
      www.smithsonianmag.com
    • Houston clean energy firm raises $50M (Suzanne Edwards – Houston Business Journal)
      www.bizjournals.com
    • In Pristine Big Bend, a Pipeline Could Run Through It (Jim Malewitz – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • Scenes of a Debate Over Big Bend Pipeline (Cooper Neill – The Texas Tribune)
      www.texastribune.org
    • In Pristine Big Bend, a Pipeline Could Run Through It (Jim Malewitz – Trib+Water)
      www.texastribune.org
    • Clean Water Act rule change finalized (Michael Howell – Bitterroot Star)
      www.bitterrootstar.com
    • Accelerate H2O hosts first-ever Texas Water Technology Investor Forum (Water World)
      www.waterworld.com
    • Record rains could affect shrimp, oyster harvesting in Texas (The Statesman)
      www.statesman.com
    • Lawmakers blast regulators for lax pipeline safety (Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Washington Bureau – San Antonio Express-News)
      www.expressnews.com
  • 13 July
  • 11 July
    • Nature Conservancy buys land near Bayou Sorrel for education (Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
  • 10 July
    • Rainy weather likely to continue all year as El Niño builds strength (Dylan Baddour – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
    • In the garden with Urban Harvest: These heat lovers won’t let the garden down (Suzy Fischer – Houston Chronicle)
      www.chron.com
  • 9 July
    • TX Drought Conditions Improve, Officials Say Not For Long (Anna Wiernicki – Texoma’s)
      www.texomashomepage.com
    • Recent rain brings flea infestation to Deep East Texas (Malcolm Hornsby – KTRE)
      www.ktre.com
  • 7 July
  • 6 July
    • Will The Settlement Cost From BP Oil Spill Cover Future Damage? (Pat Hernandez – Houston Public Media)
      www.houstonpublicmedia.org
  • 2 July
    • Under BP Deal, Another $788 Million Will Flow to Texas (Jim Malewitz – Trib+Water)
      www.texastribune.org