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Health & Science

‘We had no way of verifying it’: Houston residents install their own air monitors to hold polluters accountable

Katie Watkins

Posted on May 30, 2023 · To get their own data on what they’re breathing, community groups have been installing air monitors over the past several years, building out a vast network across the region.

Tags air monitoring chemical plant Refinery Fire

Energy & Environment

Reignited fire at Shell’s Deer Park Chemicals facility extinguished Sunday night, officials say

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 8, 2023 · Emergency crews began diverting runoff wastewater into the Houston Ship Channel over the weekend due to the "large amount of water required to control the fire," according to Shell.

Tags air monitoring Deer Park epa plant fire pollution shell tceq

Energy & Environment

Houston area to receive $1 million in air monitoring grants

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 3, 2022 · The grants are focused on communities historically overburdened by pollution.

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Energy & Environment

Community air monitoring is growing in Houston as accessibility to local data expands

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 22, 2021 · After years of dealing with toxic air pollution, residents of overburdened communities are taking matters into their own hands and installing a growing network of community air monitors.

Tags air monitoring air polluters air pollution community air monitoring houston ship channel jacinto city Sunnyside

Energy & Environment

Harris County expands its community air monitoring program with a new mobile unit

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 4, 2021 · The mobile unit, known as the “RAAM,” will be able to detect a wide array of compounds and provide real-time data to the county's pollution control dashboards.

Tags air monitoring Harris County Pollution Control Services pollution

Energy & Environment

Report: Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Found Near Houston Ship Channel Communities

Katie Watkins

Posted on July 1, 2021 · Though some facilities do emit formaldehyde directly, some 95% of the formaldehyde in Houston's air is formed by other chemicals reacting together, making it harder to regulate.

Tags air monitoring air pollution cancer cluster environmental justice formaldehyde Houston Health Department houston ship channel

Houston Matters

Preparing For The New Realities Of Climate Change (Jan. 29, 2021)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 29, 2021 · On Friday's show: CBS Sunday Morning's David Pogue discusses his new book, How to Prepare for Climate Change, billed as "a handbook on enduring Earth's new realities."

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Energy & Environment

Reignited fire at Shell’s Deer Park Chemicals facility extinguished Sunday night, officials say

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 8, 2023 · Emergency crews began diverting runoff wastewater into the Houston Ship Channel over the weekend due to the "large amount of water required to control the fire," according to Shell.

Tags air monitoring Deer Park epa plant fire pollution shell tceq

Energy & Environment

Houston area to receive $1 million in air monitoring grants

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on November 3, 2022 · The grants are focused on communities historically overburdened by pollution.

Tags air monitoring city of houston lung cancer

Energy & Environment

Community air monitoring is growing in Houston as accessibility to local data expands

Katie Watkins

Posted on December 22, 2021 · After years of dealing with toxic air pollution, residents of overburdened communities are taking matters into their own hands and installing a growing network of community air monitors.

Tags air monitoring air polluters air pollution community air monitoring houston ship channel jacinto city Sunnyside

Energy & Environment

Harris County expands its community air monitoring program with a new mobile unit

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on November 4, 2021 · The mobile unit, known as the “RAAM,” will be able to detect a wide array of compounds and provide real-time data to the county's pollution control dashboards.

Tags air monitoring Harris County Pollution Control Services pollution

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