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It’s Time to Weigh in on Smog Limits

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, american lung association, asthma, bronchitis, clean air texas, emergency room visits, emphysema, environmental defense fund, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, houston, matthew tejada, ozone, ozone levels, Public Citizen, public health, Sierra Club, smog, Texas on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Check out the video and op-ed below by some of our Clean Air Texas coalition partners about the hearing in Houston tomorrow on the EPA’s new proposed rule to strengthen ozone standards. I’ll be at the hearing tomorrow, along with Ryan Rittenhouse, to represent Public Citizen and interview folks from around the state who’ve come [...]

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EPA Calls for Proper Enforcement of Clean Air Act in Texas

Posted in Toxics, tagged clean air, clean air act, EPA, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, ken kramer, Lisa Jackson, matthew tejada, obama, polluters, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tom "Smitty" Smith on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Environmental Groups welcome EPA’s proposed rejection of key elements of TCEQ’s air permitting plan and call for proper enforcement of Clean Air Act protections in Texas (Austin) — Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and the Galveston/Houston Association for Smog Prevent (GHASP) welcomed the EPA proposal today to disapprove key aspects of the Texas clean-air permitting program [...]

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News from Envirnonmental Organizations around the State – April 6

Posted in Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged alliance for a clean texas, clean air, earth day 5k, environmental education, farmers market, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, growth, hb 3265, hb 3428, hill country, hill country alliance, house county affairs, houston, houston earth day, mothers for clean air, water on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Happy Monday everybody! Check out the latest from our friends at Alliance for a Clean Texas. Original post can be found here. This week, ACT is happy to bring reports from two organizations doing great work on behalf of their local communities. In Houston, the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP) is presenting Houston Earth [...]

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EPA to Reconsider Standards for Particulate Matter

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged appeals court, diesel engines, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, houston chronicle, matthew tejada, New York Times, particulate matter, PM, power plants, soot, steven johnson on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A federal appeals court yesterday ordered the EPA to reconsider its standards for pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM). Fine particulates, such as soot, have been linked to premature death, asthma, lung cancer, and heart disease. Furthermore, black carbon soot is a major greenhouse player, as it absorbs and then radiates massive amounts of heat back [...]

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