Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: July 16, 2019
The city of South Houston wants to remove mercury limits from its wastewater plant permit. Residents are fighting to keep them.
(Houston Chronicle, Perla Trevizo, Updated 07/11/19. Photo by Perla Trevizo.)
“At a time when chemical plants are catching fire and federal officials are trying to clean up SuperFund sites in the Houston area, they argue that officials can’t be too cautious when dealing with a toxic chemical such as mercury and local waterways.”
Old Galveston drilling site reborn as nature preserve
(Houston Chronicle, Sergio Chapa, Updated 07/11/19. Photo by Elizabeth Conley.)
“…[W]ith the help of the Railroad Commission’s Brownfield Response Program, the old well site has been deemed safe, allowing the conservation group, Artist Boat, to move ahead with restoring the coastal prairie, planting native grasses.”
Feeling the heat: Climate change could mean more extreme heat days for Houston and Texas, report concludes
(Houston Chronicle, Perla Trevizo, Updated 07/16/19. Photo by Juan Figueroa)
“If the number of extremely hot, humid days already seems like too many, a national study finds it’s likely to get worse.”
Additional Headlines
- 7/15/19
- Can hydrogen save oil companies from climate shift? (James Osborne – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Petrochemical industry has five years to prepare for bust (Chris Tomlinson – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Carbon emissions to drop from energy this year, EIA says (Marissa Luck – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Storm, oil prices lift gas prices in Houston (Marissa Luck – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/14/19
- The future is electric and Houston knows that (The Editorial Board- Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/12/19
- Houston company buys investment portfolio of roof-top solar projects (Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- In climate debate, Texas lawyer stands as possible roadblock (James Osbourne – Houston Chronicle) www.houston.chronicle.com
- 7/11/19
- More than half of Gulf oil production offline because of Barry (Jordan Blum – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Barry brings reminders and anxiety for Houston flood victims (Shelby Webb – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/10/19
- As sea levels rise, who’ll pay? [Opinion] (Richard Wiles – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Big Oil Plans to Unleash a Wave of Plastic From the Gulf Coast (Andres Guerra Luz, Rachel Adams-Heard, Kevin Crowley – Bloomberg Quint) www.bloombergquint.com
- 7/9/19
- Harris County to speed up flood projects in Harvey-battered subdivisions (Zach Despart – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com