In the 2011 ozone season, North Texas pushed ahead of Houston in the battle for the worst air quality in the state. Both metro areas have significant pollution problems, and both continue to exceed federal ozone limits. Dallas-Fort Worth now has the distinction of beating the Bayou City as the former longtime state champ, and [...]
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North Texas beats Houston for worst air quality in the State
Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, Air Quality, Dallas-Fort Worth, houston, ozone, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Alert For Houstonians: Urge Gene Green to Protect Chemical Plants from Disasters
Posted in Toxics, tagged chemical, Congress, congressman, disaster, district, Gene Green, green, homeland security, houston, hr 908, safety, Texas on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you live in the Houston area, you may be in the danger zone of a toxic chemical facility, and oil and chemical industry executives are trying to keep it that way. These toxic chemical facilities are vulnerable to accidents or terrorist attacks, even though safer alternatives are available. Now Congress is considering industry-backed legislation [...]
Chemical facility explodes outside of Houston
Posted in Air Quality, tagged Enterprise Products, houston, Texas on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are reports of an explosion occuring about 11:45am at Enterprise Products in Mont Belvieu, Tx just east of Houston. So far, I’ve seen no reports about possible injuries or deaths, but the photos are daunting. Enterprise owns a state of the art gasoline additive production facility that has been modified to produce isooctane, a motor [...]
Radiation in Houston’s Tap Water Compounded by TCEQ ‘lowballing’ radiation scores in drinking water throughout Texas
Posted in Radiation, tagged houston, Radiation, TCEQ, Water Quality on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In a three part story, KHOU-TV reports on a four-month investigation into radioactive contaminants in the Houston area drinking water. Revelations that came to light shows hundreds of water providers around the Gulf Coast region are providing their customers with drinking water that contains radioactive contaminants that raise health risks, according to state lab results [...]
Houston Redistricting Hearing
Posted in Campaign Finance, Consumers, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged Government, houston, redistricting, Texas Legislature, tx on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Come one, come all. The House Committee on Redistricting is taking public testimony at hearings around the state regarding redistricting that will help shape the districts for both the house and senate of the Texas legislature, Texas congressional districts, and districts for the election of judicial officers or of governing bodies or representatives of political subdivisions or [...]
Public Citizen joins League of Women Voters, denounces voter intimidation in Texas at Moody Park, Houston, event
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Privacy, tagged Electoral fraud, Harris County Texas, houston, Jim Crow, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Texas Attorney General, voter intimidation, voter suppression, Voting, Voting Rights Act on October 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Howdy folks. We’re doing a press conference at 2pm with the League of Women Voters in Houston at the Moody Park Community Center (3725 Fulton, Houston, TX), one of the early voting locations with the most complaints of voter intimidation. These activities must stop, and this highlights how Houston is ground zero for the creep [...]
Great Texas Clean-Up Festival y’all!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged ana hernandez, discovery green, houston, Lizbeth Ortiz, Los Pistoleros de Texas, Mrs. Glass, Nurturing Hands, Public Citizen, Ray Johnston Band, Robert Ellis, Rodney Ellis, Sierra Club on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Great Texas Clean-Up Festival is coming to Houston! The Sierra Club and Texas Environmental Justice are rolling out the Great Texas Clean-Up Festival, from 4-10 at the Discovery Green in Houston, an event expected to kick off a larger campaign to clean up Texas. Public Citizen is a coalition partner and will be there! [...]
TCEQ Commissioners want Tax Breaks for Polluters, Tax Increases for Neighborhoods Near Refinery
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Good Government, Toxics, tagged houston, oil refineries, sunset review, taxes, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Valero on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
An eye opening story from KHOU earlier this week gave more insight into what’s the matter at TCEQ. It’s worth your 5 minutes to watch the entire thing but here are the highlights: Valero installed a pollution scrubber to create lower sulphur fuels in one of their Houston refineries. The problem? According to TCEQ staff, [...]
Hey Houston: The Challenges of Communicating Climate Change Event This Thursday
Posted in Global Warming, tagged baker institute, british consolate-houston, center for the study of environment and society, climate change, communicating, houston, rice, Texas, u.k. science and innovation team on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This Thursday, March 4 the Center for the Study of Environment and Society, in partnership with the Baker Institute Science and Technology Policy Program and the U.K. Science and Innovation Team, British Consulate-Houston cordially invite you to their upcoming discussion: The Challenges of Communicating Climate Change with Tim Reeder, Regional Climate Change Programme Manager, U.K. [...]
City’s smog concerns may choke power plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air permit, air pollution, ana hernandez, asthma, bay city, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, harris county, houston, houston chronicle, jessica farrar, kristi thibaut, matagorda county, ozone, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smog, south texas, state office of administrative hearings, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, white stallion on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anybody catch this article last week in the Houston Chronicle? An important issue to think about: how coal plants will not only affect the surrounding air quality, but that of communities down wind. If the White Stallion coal plant is allowed to be built: Houston, we will have an even worse smog problem. Look for [...]
Houston’s Ozone Compliance Threatened by White Stallion Coal Plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, al armendariz, ana hernandez, asthma, bay city, beaumont, clean air act, coal plant, colorado river, compliance, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, galveston, health, houston, jessica farrar, kristi thibaut, matagorda county, nox, ozone, ozone standards, parish coal plant, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smog, state office of administrative hearings, sunset review, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith, ttc, white stallion on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen and Area Legislators Urge State to Deny Air Pollution Permit HOUSTON – Area legislators joined Public Citizen this week in urging environmental agencies to deny the White Stallion coal plant its air permit because if built, the facility would degrade air quality in Houston. The emissions from this proposed power plant would exacerbate [...]
Texans Speak Up for Clean Air at Houston EPA Hearing
Posted in Toxics, tagged aaron smith, Air Quality, american lung association, asthma, Bob Malina, clean air, clean air texas, dr neil carman, dr. bonnie new, environmental defense fund, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, galveston-houston alliance for smog prevention, ghasp, Health Professionals for Clean Air, houston, janice nolen, Kids for Clean Air, matagorda county, matthew tejada, mothers for clean air, no coal coalition, ozone, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, public health, public hearing, republican party, respiratory disease, ryan rittenhouse, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Wendi Hammond, white stallion on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on a newly proposed rule to strengthen federal ozone standards. A coalition of environmental and public health advocates called Clean Air Texas rallied in support of the new rule, which would improve air quality across the state and make our communities healthier. Over a [...]
Free Activist Workshop in Austin Feb. 5th, Houston Feb. 6th
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activist workshop, Austin, coalition building, environment texas, houston, media, public citizen texas, public interest network on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week we’re working with Environment Texas and several other activist groups in Austin and Houston to host free activist workshops and training days! The training is being run by The Public Interest Network and will feature sessions on: * the best techniques for organizing your neighbors to take action, and* the best ways to [...]
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 [...]
Help Stop Ozone Pollution, Show Support for Proposed EPA Rule
Posted in Toxics, tagged austin texas, coal industry, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, houston, ozone pollution, Texas on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Right now the EPA is accepting public comments on proposed new ozone standards that will make the air we breathe cleaner and our communities healthier, but they are facing fierce opposition from the coal industry and its allies. The Houston EPA hearing on new ozone standards is one of only three across the country (the [...]
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