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Economics of Recycling in Houston
2015-05-22 07:33:18| Waste Management - Topix.net
Waste Management, a company started in Houston, Texas now serves more than 20 million customers around the United States and Canada, started its business with commodity prices at an all-time-high and made contracts with municipal governments based on a deal that required a commodity price floor of $65 a ton. However, when the revenue falls below $65 a ton, the city of Houston does not make any money and Waste Management takes a loss.
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Houston Executive Juggles Solid Waste, Chief Operating Officer Roles
2015-05-21 00:04:43| Waste Age
In his adopted home state, Harry J. Hayes is proving the motto that everything really is bigger in Texas. Hayes, 50, successfully juggles two demanding, high-profile positions with the city of Houston. Hes the chief operating officer and solid waste director for the fourth largest city in the U.S. read more
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Denver, Houston companies team on oil and gas rail hubs in Colorado, Texas
2015-05-19 10:11:44| Railroads - Topix.net
Denver's ARB Midstream LLC is teaming up with Houston's Hi-Crush Partners LP, which mines and ships sand used in fracking, to build two rail hubs. The two companies will jointly develop and operate a rail hub near Evans, in the Denver-Julesburg Basin north of Denver, plus a second rail hub near Big Spring, Texas, to serve oil and gas companies working in the Permian Basin, they said in an announcement.
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Lower Ozone levels in Houston linked to climate change
2015-05-18 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of Houston have determined that climate change -- in the form of a stronger sea breeze, the result of warmer soil temperatures -- contributed to the drop in high-ozone days in the Houston area. Robert Talbot, professor of atmospheric chemistry, said that also should be true for coastal regions globally. The researchers describe their findings in a paper published this week in the journal Atmosphere. In addition to Talbot, they include first author Lei Liu, a doctoral...
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Houston Companies Break Ground on Landfill Gas-to-Liquids Project
2015-05-18 03:18:00| Waste Age
Envia Energy broke ground Friday on a the first of a series of gas-to-liquids plants under development by an array of Houston-based companies . read more
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