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Houston Air Quality Advocate Poised To Share Talents In New National Role
By Elena Craft, PhDDr. Tejada poses with the plaques he received from the City of Houston and the Texas Legislature. This week, Houston honored a long time environmental advocate, Dr. Matthew Tejada,...
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Ozone Season Is Coming…
By Elena Craft, PhDHow To Better Protect Yourself From Smog In 2013 Even though temps haven’t yet risen to triple digits, the official ozone season starts this week for much of Texas (March 1 for DFW,...
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Heavy Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Hybrid Trucks Rolling Into Houston
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: www.earthtechling.org Thanks to funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) and some committed regional stakeholders that include Houston Galveston Area Council (HGAC),...
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Largest Meeting Of Toxicologists In The World Held In Texas
By Elena Craft, PhDThis week, San Antonio will host the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT), an organization of scientists from academic institutions, government, and industry who...
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Clean Air Strategies Needed At Port of Houston As Commission Reports Record...
By Marcelo NorsworthySource: Port of Houston On February 26, the Port of Houston Authority Commission reviewed its operations and approved a 2013 budget with a higher total revenue, net income and...
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Now You Can Use Your Smartphone To Check Houston Smog Levels
This post was written by Larry Soward, Air Alliance Houston Transition Director. Source: Air Alliance Houston Houston area residents can now track ozone pollution levels anytime, anywhere with a new...
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New Tier 3 Vehicle Emissions Standards Offer Huge Step Forward For Clean Air...
By Elena Craft, PhDImmediate Reductions Are Equivalent To Taking One In Eight Cars Off the Road (source: www.eta.co.uk) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated national...
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Ozone Action Days: What Do They Really Mean
This post was written by guest blogger Deanna Altenhoff, Executive Director of CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas. We are all familiar with the term “Ozone Action Day” and typically associate it with a...
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Air Alliance Houston Names New Director
By Elena Craft, PhDAdrian Shelley, executive director of Air Alliance Houston We were pleased to hear the news last week that Air Alliance Houston named Adrian D. Shelley, III as its new executive...
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Explosion At Texas Plant Renews Concerns About State Environmental Agency
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: kxan.com Unfortunately, last night’s explosion at West Fertilizer, a plant just north of Waco, Texas is just one more tragedy in a long list of facility disasters in the...
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West Explosion: Not Enough Protections Or Not Enough Oversight?
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: www.thenation.com There’s been a lot of debate following the West tragedy as to whether a lack of safety protections, lack of coordination and oversight among enforcement...
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Air Quality Report: Texas Has More Work To Do
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: American Lung Association Texas climbed higher among the national “worst ozone” rankings list, but most of the nation continued on a long-term trend toward much healthier...
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Premature To Remove Texas City From The Air Pollution Watch List
By Elena Craft, PhDEstimated Distribution of Benzene Annual Concentration, Based on Retrieved Primary Source Location and Wind Direction Frequency Last week, EDF, along with Air Alliance Houston (AAH),...
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Texas Leads The Nation In Carbon Emissions. It’s Time To Mess With Texas.
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: brionv/Flickr This commentary originally appeared on the EDF Voices blog. The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released its annual report on carbon emissions...
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Alternative Fuel Fleets As Clean Air Strategy Focus Of Houston Conference
By Elena Craft, PhDThe Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (H-GAC) Clean Cities Coalition and Clean Vehicles programs will host a clean fleet conference on June 5th in Sugar Land, Texas. Dedicated to...
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Improving Air Quality For Houstonians And Beyond
By Marcelo NorsworthyPara leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí How The Hispanic Business Community Can Play An Active Role In Reducing Emissions From Freight The success of Texas has long been...
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Microsensing: Air Pollution Measurements In The Palm Of Your Hand
By Elena Craft, PhDThe science behind air pollution in urban areas is clear: smog has been linked to premature deaths, increased asthma attacks and breathing problems, and increased hospital visits....
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Latinos In Texas Especially Vulnerable To Impacts Of Climate Change
By Marcelo NorsworthyPara leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí Source: Texas Vox This week, President Obama shared his vision for how the U.S. can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare...
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Energy Capital Of The Nation Turns To Smart Power
By Elena Craft, PhDLast week, the City of Houston announced that it would increase its purchase of renewable electricity to cover half of its energy use. The city will use almost 623,000...
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Supreme Court To Revisit Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
By Elena Craft, PhDSource: EPA June was a big month for the climate, and I’m not just talking about President Obama’s landmark speech on climate change. In a decision that could affect the lives of 240...
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