Energy & Environment
Houston area to receive $1 million in air monitoring grants
Posted on · The grants are focused on communities historically overburdened by pollution.
Tag: air monitoring
Energy & Environment
Community air monitoring is growing in Houston as accessibility to local data expands
Posted on · 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.
Energy & Environment
Harris County expands its community air monitoring program with a new mobile unit
Posted on · 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.
Energy & Environment
Report: Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Found Near Houston Ship Channel Communities
Posted on · 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.
Houston Matters
Preparing For The New Realities Of Climate Change (Jan. 29, 2021)
Posted on · 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."