Energy & Environment
Report Explores “Radical” Low-Carbon Energy Scenario
Posted on · The envisioned "radical" future still includes plenty of oil and gas.
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Energy & Environment
Environmental Group Sues EPA Over Houston-Area Pollution Permits
Posted on · It's an effort to force the agency to respond to objections about various air permits.
Energy & Environment
Bill Delaying New Ozone Standards Moves Forward In Congress
Posted on · One local environmental group calls the bill an "excuse on the part of industry" to not address air quality problems more aggressively.
News
Houston’s Healthcare Industry Weighs In on Senate GOP Healthcare Bill
Posted on · Representatives from different areas of the healthcare industry in Houston provide their take on the GOP healthcare plan.
Energy & Environment
After Review Of Shale Drilling Science, Researchers Want To Learn More
Posted on · Industry expansion into new parts of Far West Texas could be an opportunity for baseline land impact studies.
Energy & Environment
Interior Secretary Says Department Will Work With Industry, Not Against It
Posted on · "How do we incentivize American energy dominance?" Sec. Ryan Zinke asked an industry gathering.
Energy & Environment
Texas Oil Regulator Says Customs And Border Protection Proposal Would Harm Industry
Posted on · The agency wants to rethink how it interprets part of a law requiring ships doing business on the coast be American-made.
News
French Company To Invest $1.7 Billion In Texas Petrochemical Plants
Posted on · The company will partner with others in Europe and Canada to expand projects in Port Arthur, TX and near La Porte, TX.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1273: Science and Technology in 1852
Posted on · Episode: 1273 Some surprises in the 1852 Annual of Scientific Discovery. Today, an old book takes stock of science and art in 1852.
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Ozone Standards and Mental Health on Campus: Monday’s Show (August 22, 2016)
Posted on · The Houston region has long exceeded federal standards for ozone levels. With new, tougher standards set forth in the Clean Air Act, Houston’s really only further away. It may be little comfort, but now we have some company: El Paso and San Antonio have joined Houston on a dubious ozone offender list. On this edition of […]
Engines Podcast
Engines Of Our Ingenuity 3062: The Rise and Fall of Rubber City
Posted on · Episode: 3062 The Rise and Fall of the Rubber Capital of the World Today, failure to adapt.
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University Endowments and Petrochemical Boom: Wednesday’s Show (April 6, 2016)
Posted on · Amid rising tuition, some members of Congress want to know how private universities use their massive endowments. The lawmakers recently sent a letter to a number of schools, including Rice, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Christian University, asking for a response. On this edition of Houston Matters, we ask Houston Chronicle higher education reporter […]
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Wind Power Transmission and Steel Pipe: Monday’s Show (April 4, 2016)
Posted on · A Houston-based company has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a project designed to modernize a portion of the country’s electric grid and be able to deliver wind-generated energy from the Texas panhandle, Oklahoma and southwest Kansas to more than 1.5 million homes across several states. DOE […]
Houston Matters
Why Are Industrial Companies Moving To Pearland?
Posted on · Pearland has experienced a surge in recent years in industrial growth. We talk with Matt Buchanan, president of the Pearland Economic Development Corporation, about why FloWorks, Dover Energy, Merit Medical, Tool-Flo, Profile Wire and Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Compressors International have all developed facilities in Pearland in recent years, and whether that trend is likely to […]
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Industry and the Environment: Tuesday’s Show (October 6, 2015)
Posted on · On today’s Houston Matters, we examine a pair of developments involving industry and the environment in Houston. First, it’s been nearly a year since four workers died in a toxic gas leak at the DuPont chemical plant in La Porte. Last week, federal investigators presented their findings. Houston Matters’ Maggie Martin discusses the report with News […]