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Reports Issued by the City of Houston

• May, 7, 2024 – Resilience and Sustainability Overview & 4 Year Update
• December 31, 2023 - 2023 Public Reporting and Analysis of Benchmarking Information
• July 13, 2023 - Resilient Houston Three Year Report
• March 23, 2022 - Two Year Update for Resilient Houston and The Climate Action Plan
• March 1, 2021 - Resilient Houston One Year Report
• 2021 Houston CDP Report
• Houston CDP Snapshot Report - Cities 2021
• Summer 2021 -- Youth Climate Ambassadors Report -- Climate Action Through Youth-Led Engagement
• September 2020 -- Climate Impact Assessment
• May 2020 -- Resilient Houston
• February 2020 -- City of Houston Electric Vehicle Fleet Study
• January 2020 -- Living With Water Houston
• December 2017 -- CDP Cities 2017 Information Request
• December 2017 -- CDP Cities 2016 Information Request
• August 2017 -- City of Houston Sustainability Update
• December 2015 -- Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Case Study - Tranche 3
• December 2015 -- Carbon Disclosure Report Response 2015
• May 2015 -- STAR Communities 2015 Business Report
• May 2015 -- STAR Communities 2015 Technical Report
• December 2014 -- Carbon Disclosure Report Response 2014
• May 2014 -- Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Case Study - Tranche 2
• December 2013 -- Carbon Disclosure Report Response 2013
• December 2012 -- Carbon Disclosure Report Response 2012
• October 2010 -- Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Case Study - Tranche 1
• 04.28.2010 -- Ozone Report Card
• 04.28.2010 -- Ozone Trends Through 2009
• 12.17.2009 -- Emission Reduction Plan Update
• June 2009 -- 2007 Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summary (published June 2009)
• June 2009 -- Calculating Houston’s 2007 Baseline Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory – Complete Report and Technical Appendices (published June 2009)
• 05.15.2009 -- Industry Professionals for Clean Air: Emissions from Delayed Cokers Report
• 12.22.2008 -- Comments on Supplemental Petroleum Refineries Residual Risk Proposal
• 09.29.2008 -- City’rsquo;s Comments on and Request for Contested Hearing in Houston Refining Permit Matter
• 09.23.2008 -- Statistical Assessment of Benzene and 1, 3 - Butadiene in Ambient Air in the Houston Region
• 09.09.2008 -- Emission Reduction Plan
• 09.08.2008 -- Benzene Risk
• 07.11.2008 -- City’s Comments to TCEQ on 1,3 Butadiene ESL
• 07.09.2008 -- City's Petition to EPA Challenging Emission Factors (Attachments -- A | B | C | D | E)
• 05.27.2008 -- Benzene Emission Action Plan
• May 2008 -- Toxic Emissions: Texas vs. Other States (.ppt)
• 03.28.2008 -- Solid Waste Task Force Report
• 01.30.2008 -- Comments by Mayor and County Judge re: Bump Up
• 01.16.2008 -- City's Comments on Lead NAAQS
• 12.20.2007 -- NESHAPS for Petroleum Refineries
• 12.20.2007 -- Petroleum Refineries Residual Risk Standard
• 11.05.2007 -- MSS Stakeholders Comments
• 10.09.2007 -- TCEQ Comments re: Revisions to Ozone Standards
• 09.05.2007 -- City of Houston's Testimony to EPA
• 04.03.2007 -- City and County's letter to Gov. Rick Perry re: Bump Up
• February 2007 -- Houston Regional Benzene Air Pollution Reduction Plan
• 2007 -- Registration Ordinance Fact Sheet (.doc)
• August 2006 -- City's 2005 Emission Reduction Plan (updated)
• July 2000 -- City of Houston Emissions Reductions Plan, 7/2000

Other Reports

• April 2021 -- Resilience and Climate Progress in Houston
• March 2021 -- State Energy Conservation Office Information
• November 2020 -- CDP Cities Information Request Report 2020
• November 2020 -- CDP City of Houston Score 2020
• March 2016 -- Measuring Environmental Justice with STAR (Sustainability Tools for Assessing & Rating Communities)
• April 2009 -- State of the Air: 2009 (American Lung Association)
• 04.07.2009 -- EPA's Response to City's Data Quality Petition
• December 2008 -- Cooling Off (GHASP)
• November 2008 -- Childhood Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence and Hazardous Air Pollutants in Southeast Texas, 1995–2004
• 05.04.2008 -- State of the Air: 2008 (American Lung Association)
• 05.04.2008 -- Toxic Texas Report 2008
• 07.27.2007 -- EPA Memo re: Potential Low Bias of Reported VOC Emissions from the Petroleum Refining Industry (EPA)
• 2007 -- What the IPCC Said: A citizens guide to the IPCC, summary for policymakers (Island Press)
• 09.07.2007 -- Houston Regional Air Quality Task Force Report (Greater Houston Partnership)
• 2007 -- City Park Facts (Trust For Public Land)
• 06.15.2007 -- Gov. Perry's Bump Up Request to EPA (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
• 2007 -- State of the Air Report (www.lungaction.org)
• 05.01.2007 -- 1982 - 2007 Houston Area Survey -- see figures 14 and 15 for environmental findings (Rice University)
• 2007 -- Energy and Environment Best Practices Report (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
• 2007 -- Hazardous Air Pollutants and Cancer Incidence in Harris County (University of Texas Health Science at Houston, School of Public Health)
• September 2006 -- The Control of Air Toxics: Toxicology Motivation and Houston Implications (Houston Enowment, Inc.)
• June 2006 -- Mayor's Task Force on the Health Effects of Air Pollution (Convened by the Institute for Health Policy, Univ. of Texas School of Public Health)
• November 2005 -- Childhood Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence and Hazardous Air Pollutants in Southeast Texas, 1995–2004
• February 2005 -- Clean Air Act Implementation in Houston: An Historical Perspective 1970-2005 (Rice University Environmental and Energy Systems Institute, Shell Center for Sustainability)
• December 2005 -- Clearing the Air on Clean Air for the Greater Houston Region (Greater Houston Partnership)
• June 2004 -- Who's Counting? The Systematic Underreporting of Toxic Air Emissions (Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention)
• June 2004 -- Cool Houston! A Plan for Cooling the Region for Clean Air Quality of Life Benefits (Houston Endowment, Inc., the Brown Foundation, Houston Advanced Research Center)
• 2003 -- Closing the Diesel Divide: Protecting Public Health from Diesel Air Pollution (American Lung Association, Environmental Defense)
• November 2003 -- Diesel Demonstration Project Phase II (Environment Canada)
• September 2003 -- Cleaning Up Diesel Pollution: Emissions from Off-Highway Engines by State (Union of Concerned Scientists)
• July 2002 -- 2002 Air Quality Reference Guide for the Houston-Galveston Area, 7/2002 (Houston-Galveston Area Council)
• March 2002 -- Diesel Demonstration Project Phase I (Environment Canada)
• November 1999 -- Assessment of the Health Benefits of Improving Air Quality in Houston, Texas (Sonoma Technology, Inc., California State University, University of California)

Benzene-Related Reports

• 07.22.2011 -- Measurement and Analysis of Benzene and VOC Emissions in the Houston Ship Channel Area and Selected Surrounding Major Stationary Sources Using DIAL (Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging) Technology to Support Ambient HAP Concentrations Reductions in the Community (DIAL Project)
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• 08.25.2009 -- Statistical Assessment of 2008 annual ambient benzene in the ambient air in the Houston Region (10 and 5 year annual trends, ending in 2008)
• 2008 -- Benzene in Ambient Air in Houston
• 09.23.2008 -- Statistical Assessment of Benzene and 1, 3 - Butadiene in Ambient Air in the Houston Region
• 09.08.2008 -- Benzene Risk
• 05.27.2008 -- Benzene Emission Action Plan
• February 2007 -- Houston Regional Benzene Air Pollution Reduction Plan

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* Studies, Reports, and Comments, in .pdf, unless otherwise indicated.