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Governor-elect Abbott wants to end local ban on plastic bags
Fox 7 News Austin: Texas is ushering in its first new governor in fourteen years and he’s drawing his first line in the sand that could pit local and state governments against each other.
Suit seeks EPA decision on oil field chemical disclosure
Houston Chronicle: Environmentalists filed a lawsuit to force federal regulators to decide whether they should require companies to disclose the toxic chemicals released during oil exploration and production.
Port Aransas bans single-use plastic bags
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: The Port Aransas City Council voted this week to ban the use of plastic bags at most retail stores within the island community.
Environmental organization makes way through Lubbock
My Fox Lubbock: According to the Texas Campaign for the Environment, about three billion batteries are buried in landfills every year.
Will Austin’s green self-image be realized in its “zero waste” goals?
Austin Chronicle: The zero-waste movement in Austin began coalescing in late 2001, when TCE canvassers, then focused primarily on air pollution, went door-to-door in Northeast Austin and heard complaints about the nearby landfills.
Dallas Apartments and Hotels are Terrible at Recycling
Dallas Observer: Apartments, along with offices, hotels and other businesses, are part of an enormous blind spot in Dallas’ recycling efforts.
Curbside Recycling To Be Expanded To All Houston Homes
Houston Public Media: City Council gave the green light to purchase 95,000 additional recycling bins for about $5 million — money that should be recovered by the sale of more recyclables and by using less space in landfills.
Waste Solution May Lean Again on a Low-Income Area
New York Times: For Dr. Bullard, who is joined in his opposition by the Houston chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., putting any waste-related facility in a predominantly minority neighborhood would feel like a slight.
Assault on Batteries
The Cap Times Op-Ed: Spectrum insists that used batteries belong in the landfill, even though Rayovac’s UK arm dispatched a press release calling for a take-back program to protect the environment.
Protesting pirates demand change from local company
WISC-TV: Over two dozen environmental protesters from Texas and Madison came together to bring a message to Spectrum Brands.
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