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Recycling plan a million-dollar idea
Houston Chronicle: Mayor Annise Parker’s Office of Sustainability garnered $1 million prize from Bloomberg Philanthropies for its “One Bin for All” proposal, but opponents say it won’t work.
Trinity East Energy threatens to sue environmentalists over statements about failed well casing in Irving
Dallas City Hall moving forward with long-range plan to reduce trash
Dallas Morning News: Dallas has a goal of becoming a “zero-waste” city, in which recycling and composting replace the burial of trash. After a rocky start, City Hall appears to have devised a plan to start on that path.
Dallas Trash Plan Earns Praise and Concerns
NBC News D/FW: Environmentalists are praising a new Dallas trash plan to be considered by the City Council Wednesday but some people who’ve worked on it still have concerns.
Utility Agrees to Reduce Coal Plant Emissions
Courthouse News: A Texas public utility reached a settlement with environmentalists that requires it to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plant.
Processing plant becomes focus in Dallas’ gas well debate
Dallas Morning News: The furor over the possible construction of a gas-processing plant and compressor station so near a big complex for young athletes and their families has placed words against words.
Gritty Protest: Rio Hondo residents push back against sewer plan
Valley Morning Star: Residents on Thursday packed City Hall to request state officials deny a permit to a San Antonio company that proposes to treat liquid grease and grit waste at the sewer plant that discharges into the Arroyo Colorado.
“One Bin for All” in the running for prize money
Charles Kuffner: I like the idea of this and I am glad to see focus on Houston’s abysmally low recycling rate, but after I posted that first story I got some feedback from the Texas Campaign for the Environment, which is skeptical of this technology.
Universal recycling ordinance puts Austin on zero waste track
Your News Now (YNN): The City of Austin’s Universal Recycling Ordinance went into effect Monday. Austin is already the top recycle-friendly city in the state, but the goal is to stop sending all waste to landfills.
The greening of Houston
In 2012, Texas Campaign for the Environment helped to pass the parks referendum, Proposition B to invest in Houston’s Bayou Greenway Initiative by registering voters and canvassing in support of the referendum.
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