Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: July 30, 2019
Houston unveils first draft of city climate action plan
(Houston, Chronicle, Perla Trevizo, Updated 07/25/19. Photo by Brett Coomer.)
“Houston has one of the largest per capita greenhouse emissions in the country…
Reducing the city’s emissions will not only help fight climate change, Turner said, it will lead to more resilient communities, reduce harmful pollution, cut energy waste and boost the local economy.”
Harris County faces long list of gaps identified after recent chemical fires
(Perla Trevizo and Dug Begley, Updated 07/29/19. Photo by Karen Warren.)
“More monitoring and manpower is needed for Harris County to better respond to chemical fires like the three that struck the region earlier this year, worrying residents and shutting the Houston Ship Channel, according to a study evaluating the county’s response to the fires.”
Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster
(Streets Blog USA, Angie Schmitt, Updated 07/25/19. Photo provided by Google Maps.)
“Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile widening known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Plan, which would enlarge Interstate 45 and adjacent highways, including I-69, over a 25-mile stretch.”
Additional Headlines
- 7/30/19
- Why energy companies are still investing gasoline in the age of the electric vehicle (Marissa Luck – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/29/19
- Senators agree to spend billions on electric car infrastructure (James Osbourne – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Drilling Down: Saltwater disposal wells make up nearly one-third of new well permits (Sergio Chapa – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Opinion: Embrace electric scooters, they solve more problems than they cause (Chris Tomlinson – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Solar growth to speed up after stumbling last year, report says (L.M. Sixel – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- As earnings season gets into full swing, energy companies face difficult landscape (Jordan Blum – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Tribe opposes Wyoming oilfield pollution proposal (Associated Press) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/27/19
- Opinion: After hurricanes, why are the replacement beach houses bigger? (Eli Lazarus and Evan B. Goldstein – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/26/19
- New wind farm starts to spin in Wilbarger County (L.M. Sixel – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Downtown’s Bank of America Tower earns LEED Platinum (Katherine Feser – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- Residents, businesses asked to conserve water in Katy (Karen Zurawski – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/25/19
- Democrats press GOP to join in immediate action on climate change (James Osbourne – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/24/19
- Exxon’s big Beaumont petrochemical expansion complete (Marisa Luck – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- This Texas oil town actually wants the nation’s nuclear waste (Ari Natter & Will Wade – Bloomberg) www.bloomberg.com
- Opinion: How plastic-industry pollution threatens Gulf seafood (Julie Teel Simmonds – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/23/19
- Is your Houston water bill too high? A $2B EPA sewer mandate won’t help. (Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com
- 7/22/19
- Calpine admits error that sent power prices soaring (L.M. Sixel – Houston Chronicle) www.houstonchronicle.com