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Press Releases

2022

  • April 22, 2022 -- Mayor Turner Announces TCEQ Approval of Largest Urban Solar Farm in the Country
  • April 22, 2022 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner Signs Sweeping Decarbonization Policy for City Buildings
  • March 23, 2022 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner Releases 2 Year Update For Resilient Houston And The Climate Action Plan
  • February 23, 2022 -- Mayor Turner Announces Purchase of Electric Vehicles for City Fleet
  • February 22, 2022 -- Houston Solar Co-Op Launches Following Anniversary Of Winter Storm Uri
  • February 9, 2022 -- City of Houston and CenterPoint Energy Announce Transformative Initiative to Enhance Energy Resilience and Promote Transition to Sustainable Energy
  • January 26, 2022 -- Mayor Turner Thanks EPA Administrator Regan for Bold Action Following Visit to Houston

2021

  • December 17, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Honored for Leadership on Climate Action
  • December 9, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Applauds Executive Order on Carbon Neutral Future
  • November 17, 2021 -- City of Houston Receives “A” Grade for Citywide Climate Action and is Named New Generation of Climate Leaders on CDP 2021
  • November 12, 2021 -- City of Houston Launches Second Annual Houston Climate Week
  • November 5, 2021 -- Houston Celebrates Texas Arbor Day By Planting 1,000 Trees Along Greens Bayou on Harris County Lands Between Two Houston Parks
  • November 3, 2021 -- Resilient Cities Network Launches New Tool to Help Cities Embed Equity in Climate Ready Urban Infrastructure Projects
  • November 3, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Begins COP26 Visit By Meeting With Global Leaders to Highlight Climate and Resilience Work in Houston
  • November 1, 2021 -- City Partners With University Houston-Downtown for Houston Climate Week 2021
  • October 20, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Announces New Composting Pilot Program for City of Houston Residents
  • October 20, 2021 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner Names Priya Zachariah as City's Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer
  • October 14, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Delivers Annual State of the City Speech to Sold-Out Crowd, Strikes Optimistic Tone About Houston's Future and Resiliency
  • October 6, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Proclaims the First Wednesday of October 'Energy Efficiency Day' in the City of Houston
  • August 25, 2021 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner Appointed to EPA Local Government Advisory Committee
  • August 25, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Provides Update On Four-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Harvey
  • August 11, 2021 -- EPA Announces Houston Once Again Tops List of Green Energy Users
  • August 5, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Issues Statement Supporting President Biden's Plan for Clean Energy
  • August 4, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Announces Incentives for Green Development Launch
  • July 16, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Invites Proposals for National Creative Placemaking Grant
  • July 14, 2021 -- City of Houston's Youth Climate Ambassadors Begin Partnership with EcoRise
  • June 30, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Announces Appointment of Interim Chief Resilience Officer
  • June 25, 2021 -- Houston Awarded EPA Grant Program Will Focus on Creative Public Health Campaign
  • June 17, 2021 -- EPA Recognizes Houston's Continued Leadership in Energy Innovation
  • May 12, 2021 -- City of Houston Begins to Electrify Fleet Through a Partnership with Greenlots
  • May 7, 2021 -- City of Houston Signs Agreements with Kingdom of Denmark Focused on Furthering Efforts Related to Water, Climate Change, and Resilience
  • April 29, 2021 -- City of Houston Selected for U.S. Green Building Council 2021 LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program
  • April 21, 2021 -- Houston Launches Citywide Solar Co-op to Celebrate First Anniversary of the Houston Climate Action Plan
  • April 20, 2021 -- Mayor Turner's Statement on ExxonMobil's Carbon Capture and Storage Project
  • March 1, 2021 -- Resilient Houston One Year Report Shows Progress in 2020
  • February 2, 2021 -- North America's Largest Climatetech Incubator is on Track to Open its Second Location in Houston's Innovation District in Spring 2021
  • February 1, 2021 -- bp and Uber Announce EV Charging and Planning Program with the City of Houston
  • January 29, 2021 -- Mayor Turner, New Hope Housing, Star of Hope, & Wells Fargo Kick-Off Urban Prairie Resilience Project
  • January 28, 2021 -- Mayor Turner Named Chair of Climate Mayors
  • January 14, 2021 -- Houston City Council Approves Largest Brownfield Solar Project in the Nation
  • January 5, 2021 -- New Data Reveals Neighborhoods Impacted by Urban Heat Island Effect

2020

  • December 16, 2020 -- Mayor Turner Launches Vision Zero Action Plan to Eliminate Traffic Deaths in Houston by 2030
  • December 16, 2020 -- Houston City Council Approves New Green Stormwater Infrastructure Tax Abatement Program and Updates Existing LEED Tax Abatement Program to Improve Houston's Climate Resilience and Sustainability
  • November 30, 2020 -- Mayor Turner Announces the Urban Prairie Resiliency Project
  • November 6, 2020 -- Houston Celebrates Texas Arbor Day by Planting 600 Trees at Buffalo Bend Nature Center
  • October 5, 2020 -- Mayor Turner Named as Board of Directors Chair of Resilient Cities Network
  • October 5, 2020 -- City of Houston and Resilient Houston Recognized with Top Awards for Planning and Resilience
  • September 14, 2020 -- City of Houston Releases Climate Impact Assessment Projecting Future Houston Climate Trends
  • September 11, 2020 -- Houston Climate Week Rescheduled to Sept. 14 - 18
  • August 24, 2020 -- Houston Climate Week Kicks Off with a Conversation on How to Make Houston the Clean Energy Capital of the World
  • August 13, 2020 -- City of Houston Launches Houston Climate Week to Commemorate Hurricane Harvey Anniversary
  • August 6, 2020 -- City Council Approves Ordinance Changes to Encourage Walkable Development
  • August 5, 2020 -- Houston/Harris County to Hold Largest Single-Day, Community-Led Heat Mapping Effort in U.S. History
  • July 22, 2020 -- City of Houston Partners with bp to Advance Climate Action Plan Goals
  • July 13, 2020 -- City of Houston's Office of Sustainability Seeking Input on Strategy to Make Electric Vehicles More Accessible
  • May 18, 2020 -- Houston Integrates COVID-19 Response and Recovery into Resilient Houston Framework
  • 04.30.2020 -- The City of Houston Commits to 100% Renewable Energy
  • 04.22.2020 -- City Launches Houston's First-Ever Climate Action Plan on 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
  • 02.12.2020 -- Mayor Turner Launches the Resilient Houston Strategy and Signs Historic Executive Order to Prepare the City for Future Disasters
  • 01.30.2020 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner is Proud to Announce the Release of the Living With Water Houston Report

2019

  • 11.04.2019 -- Mayor Turner's Statement Following President Trump's Decision to Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
  • 10.11.2019 -- Mayor Turner Announces Landmark Partnership to Accelerate Transportation Electrification and Carbon Emissions Reductions
  • 09.23.2019 -- City Hall Weekly Local Lunch Market Returns With the Fall
  • 08.29.2019 -- City Selects Firm Proposing Solar Energy Farm at Former Sunnyside Landfill
  • 04.04.2019 -- Mayor Announces Return of Curbside Glass Recycling, Joins Ribbon Cutting for New Recycling Facility
  • 02.26.2019 -- Springtime Brings the City Hall Local Lunch Market Starting Wednesday

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