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Crews Mopping Up Oil Spill In Texas' Galveston Bay
2014-03-23 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil in Galveston Bay continued Sunday, a day after a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of fuel collided with a ship. Crews are skimming oil out of the water and booms have been brought in to protect environmentally sensitive areas of the Houston shipping channel, Coast Guard Petty Officer Andy Kendrick said Sunday morning. The area is a popular bird habitat, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season, and Kendrick said there...
Crews try to contain oil spill in Texas' Galveston Bay as peak bird migration season nears
2014-03-23 06:13:20| Appliances - Topix.net
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of especially thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat as the peak of the migratory shorebird season was approaching.
Looming flood insurance rate hikes worry Galveston
2013-11-04 00:49:28| Real Estate - Topix.net
The threat of looming flood insurance hikes has many in Galveston worried that they may be forced off the Gulf Coast.
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Brenham Buys Producing Acreage In Galveston County
2013-04-04 18:00:00| OGI
The conclusions of an internal reserve study indicate proved undeveloped undiscounted revenues of some US $83 million.
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United States: Gulf swallowing Galveston faster than thought
2013-01-05 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Rising sea levels are likely to cover the coastal highway on the unprotected west end of Galveston sooner than previously predicted. A 2007 study underwritten by the city of Galveston that anticipated rising sea levels would cover the highway within 60 years appears to have been overly optimistic. The $50,000 geological hazard report was prepared for the city by geologists from the University of Texas, Rice University and Texas A&M University but then shelved. The report based its calculation on...
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