Environmental Insider News articles from June 2003

Environmental Insider News archives from June 2003

Waltzing With Willie!
June 16, 2003... Will the real Willie Nelson show up at the 15th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference? Why not? This year's event, to be held at the usual location - the Four Seasons Hotel on Town Lake - on August 7-8, focuses on the songs of Willie...

Lege Quits, Gov Uses Pen (Sparingly, So Far).
June 16, 2003... As usual, many more environmental bills - good and bad, from any of a number of perspectives - failed to win passage by the Legislature during the session that just ended. This year, of course, those whose pet bills were stranded along the...

Cherry Blossoms.
June 16, 2003... Clean School Bus Program Outgoing EPA Administrator Christie Whitman has chosen to build her legacy on the Clean School Bus USA Initiative - and on June 13, Whitman announced the availability of a $5 million grant program to make school...

Bluebonnets.
June 16, 2003... Carrillo Set To Run Railroad Commissioner Victor Carrillo is off and running for election to the post to which he was appointed earlier this year to fill the unexpired term of Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza. Carrillo, who holds a master's...

More Texas Brownfield Sites.
June 27, 2003... Out of the $73.1 million in national brownfield grants at 214 sites announced by EPA on June 20, Texas is getting just $800,000 for work at three sites. Outgoing EPA Administrator Christie Whitman bragged that these grants "will help turn...

Legislative Potpourri.
June 27, 2003... The long wait is finally over - Governor Perry has made final decisions on those bills - including environment-related bills - that the Legislature enacted and sent for his signature. The nearest thing to a veto of an environmental bill was the...

Cherry Blossoms.
June 27, 2003... Martyak, Fisher Follow Whitman Out the Door As might well have been expected, Chief EPA spokesperson Joe Martyak will step down as Associate Administrator for the Office of Public Affairs effective July 18. Perhaps not as expected, Deputy...

Bluebonnets.
June 27, 2003... Bonnen's Interim Study Wish List House Environmental Regulations Committee Chair Dennis Bonnen has asked Speaker Tom Craddick to authorize the following interim studies, according to reports received by EI NEWS: * regulation, design,...