Houston Environmental News Update July 17, 2019: Apollo and the Environmental Movement, Greater Houston Environmental Summit, Green Film: Ay Mariposa, State of the Bay Symposium proposals, GreenBiz 2019 Perspectives, Green Jobs, and more
The City will consider the following agenda items at the Houston City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in the City Hall Chamber at 1:30 PM (public comment) and at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Of special note is Agenda Item 19, an ordinance approving and authorizing a consent decree regarding the City’s Sanitary Sewer System, committing to improvements to the City of Houston’s Sanitary Sewer System. The agenda also includes multiple ordinances seeking appropriations out of the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund for various projects.
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; Old Galveston drilling site reborn as nature preserve; Feeling the heat: Climate change could mean more extreme heat days for Houston and Texas, report concludes