Join us Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 11:30am - 1:30pm at the United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive. REGISTER NOW!
Keep up-to-date with the current science and human rights issues involving air pollution by attending our 3rd Annual State of the Air Address. We promise a program of education, inspiration and motivation.
We are proud to have as keynote speaker Eduardo (Jay) Olaguer, PhD, Director of Air Quality Research at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC). Dr. Olaguer will present his talk, ” Preliminary Results from the Study of Houston Atmospheric Radical Precursers (SHARP) and Their Implications for Texas SIPs.”
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February 4th, 2010
Last fall, the EPA issued a landmark finding that certain portions of Texas’ air permitting program do not comply with federal rules. As a result, the TCEQ, our state environmental agency, must go back to the drawing board and change several fundamental parts of its air permitting. The first, and for us possibly most significant, area to be addressed is public participation in the permitting process. The public comment period for this rulemaking is currently open until February 16. If you are concerned about air quality and want to have a hand in helping to establish and preserve your fundamental right to have a say in air permits that affect our environment, now is the time to be heard. Comments can be submitted at http://www5.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/ecomments/ (choose “Public Participation for Air Permitting” from the drop down menu), or you can fax your comments to 512-239-4808.
The public participation process is broken. To fix it, TCEQ needs to:
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February 3rd, 2010
EPA’s Full Press Release. Release date: 12/15/2009
Contact Information: Dave Bary at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov
(Dallas, Texas – December 15, 2009) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 today announced the results of air toxics monitoring data from five Texas schools has been posted on the agency’s Web site. The schools are IC Evans Elementary School, Burkburnett, Texas; Lamkin Elementary School, Cypress, Texas; NW Harllee Elementary School, Dallas, Texas; and San Jacinto Elementary/Deer Park Junior High School, Deer Park, Texas. Air toxics monitoring data from Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport, Louisiana, was posted on the agency’s Web site October 29, 2009. Read More
November 30th, 2009
Matthew Tejada’s guest was Lori Kelleher, magnet coordinator for Berry Elementary, one of HISD’s environmental science magnet schools. This half-hour program was about the school’s upcoming December event Plug into the Outdoors scheduled for December 12 from 10am until 1pm and the construction of Berry’s new LEED school.
November 29th, 2009
