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EZ access to Houston & national air quality data
One of the requests we get quite often is help interpreting the various air quality forecasts and updates on current conditions.
We've taken a stab at simplifying this for you. Our new "Air quality conditions and forecasts" page provides a single location to find the best available information from:
- the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
- the US Environmental Protection Agency;
- Harris County; and
- the University of Houston Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies.
Please let us know if you have questions or suggestions about this resource.
Public Interest Internship
The Houston-Galveston region is home to more than 300 major industrial sources of air pollution, by far more than any other area in the country. Toxic air emissions from these facilities not only severely affect neighboring communities, but also are the most significant contributor to the region's ozone problem.
Strawn in Chronicle
Home in the Heights, the Houston Chronicle column, reports on new GHASP executive director Sabrina Strawn.Â
Fresh off a stint as the Travis Elementary Expansion Committee chair, Woodland Heights resident Sabrina Strawn has decided to GHASP for air.
That's GHASP as in the Greater [sic] Houston Association for Smog Prevention, a nonprofit organization formed more than a decade ago by local citizens to work with city, state and federal governments on air pollution issues. Strawn was recently hired as the new exectutive director of the group, replacing former Woodland Heights resident John D. Wilson, who recently moved to North Carolina with his family.
Strawn joins GHASP as executive director
In August, Sabrina Strawn took the reins as GHASP Executive Director from John D. Wilson, who recently moved to North Carolina with his family. A long-time Houston resident, Sabrina has spent much of her professional career working on environmental issues.
Sabrina has been a GHASP supporter for years, and in fact, worked with John at the Houston Advanced Research Center in the mid 1990s. Together, they served as co-coordinators of the Houston Environmental Foresight project. Sabrina also worked with Dr. Marvin Legator at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she was a faculty associate and director of the Toxics Assistance Program.
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Houston - love ya', but let's clean up
What a pleasant surprise it was the morning of September 14 to open the Chronicle and see myself on the front page of my community section.
Strawn has recently traded her private concern for the environment into a leadership role in a nonprofit organization that advocates better air quality. On August 15, she became executive director of the Galveston Houston Association of Smog Prevention, 3100 Richmond.
I'm proud to join GHASP
Thanks for your interest in the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP). Our organization is dedicated to improving air quality for the communities in the Houston region.
GHASP was formed more than a decade ago by dedicated citizens frustrated with inaction by the city, state and federal government on our air pollution issues in spite of clear national standards and public support for clean air. Today, GHASP has a small staff of motivated professionals who work to persuade government and corporate officials to prevent smog. We maintain close relationships with our founders, many of whom continue to serve GHASP as board members, volunteers and financial supporters.
Health Professionals for Clean Air endorsement
Letter sent to health professionals associated with GHASP.
As a health professional, you may regularly see the effects of air pollution in your professional as well as your personal life. I am writing to introduce you to an organization that is bringing together doctors and other health professionals, drawing attention to the health effects caused by air pollution.
Health Professionals for Clean Air is a relatively new organization formed to organize doctors and all health professionals to call on state and local leaders to take the necessary steps to achieve clean air in Texas.
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