Environmental Insider News articles from May 2003

Environmental Insider News archives from May 2003

Environmental Justice in San Antonio.
May 15, 2003... The ongoing battle between public officials and public interest groups over what to do with the property in San Antonio formerly known as Kelly Air Force Base received a big boost thanks to a recent decision by U.S. Environmental Protection...

Water 2025 Could Help Texas Water Plan.
May 15, 2003... Under a new proposal from Interior Secretary Gale Norton, communities in arid regions of the American West would get help to address water shortages and conflicts over water rights. The proposal, dubbed "Water 2025: Preventing Crises and...

Open Mike Draws Fire from Both Sides.
May 15, 2003... Last month, EI NEWS argued forcefully that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality needs to reinstitute the practice of allowing citizens to speak freely in a public forum before the Commissioners. Not surprisingly, we got a mixed...

Cherry Blossoms.
May 15, 2003... EPA Still Fighting Erickson; Others Follow in Her Footsteps The strange, curious case of EPA contracting officer Sharyn Erickson is still dragging on, despire the fact that she scored a major courtroom victory last fall [for details, see EI...

Bluebonnets.
May 15, 2003... Texans Rack Up DOI Honors It was very fitting indeed that Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management Rebecca Watson and Minerals Management Service Director R. M. "Johnnie" Burton chose Houston as the site of the...

A Challenge to the Texas Legislature.
May 20, 2003... These are trying times. Just when you get disgusted with colleagues on one side of the aisle who start comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler, colleagues on the other side of the fence start saying they want your friend Lloyd's daughter to be...

NADBank Delivers Money to Texas.
May 20, 2003... It was nowhere near the entire forty million, but the North American Development Bank did announce that $26 million of the $40 million in funds made available for Water Conservation Investment Fund grants in the United States that will promote...

Cherry Blossoms.
May 20, 2003... Nature Conservancy: Land Launderer? The Landmark Legal Foundation has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the financial activities of The Nature Conservancy and its state affiliates - particularly, financial activities...

Bluebonnets.
May 20, 2003... Paul Files Ozone Transport Bill Spurred by a recommendation from Seguin-based scientist Forrest Mims III, Rep. Ron Paul (R, Clute) has introduced legislation [HR 1891] which would amend section 307 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit liability...

Whitman Goes Back to New Jersey.
May 28, 2003... With rumors flying that she was bailing out of an uncomfortable situation (alleged differences with the Bush Administration over the direction of environmental policy), former New Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman has decided to resign as...

OIG Report Faults EPA Computers.
May 28, 2003... The first thing one notes from reading the report, recently issued by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, entitled, "EPA Should Take Further Steps to Address Funding Shortfalls and Time Slippages in...

Cherry Blossoms.
May 28, 2003... EOTT Finds Buried "Treasure" Picture, if you will, EOTT Energy LLC, a surviving Enron subsidiary which recently purchased pipelines from Shell subsidiary Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Co. out in New Mexico. Shortly afterward, you (EOTT) get...

Bluebonnets.
May 28, 2003... TXU Wins Mining Reclamation Award TXU Mining Company's "Restoring the Woodland Resource" project has been awarded the Railroad Commission of Texas' 2003 Coal Mining Reclamation Award. Over the past three decades, TXU has planted over 20...