Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: August 16, 2019 — Initiative aims to keep coast clear; Metro sets $3.5B bond vote for November; Interior rolls back endangered species protections, in boon for oil companies
The agenda includes multiple recommendations seeking contracts for the transportation of solid and industrial waste in the City of Houston and for equipment to improve water disposal services. The agenda also includes multiple actions that would bring change to the City of Houston’s aging Wastewater Systems.
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