CEC Houston

A coalition of more than 100 organizations in the Houston-Gulf Coast Region, the CEC fosters dialogue, education, and collaboration on environmental issues.

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.

Then on March 17, 2019, a fire blew through a corner of the facility, releasing toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks. Via @pubhealthwatch: https://t.co/nS3CuweJN7

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

Join @FloodMuseum and us tomorrow for @houmayor's Earth Day HTX events downtown and tell your story!

https://t.co/2e8UB5sCL2

[EDF Texas @EDFtx]

The #InflationReductionAct stands to benefit communities like never before. How should we spend the money? Our new research with @TAMU pinpoints which communities across the country face the greatest risks from a destabilized climate — and why.

https://t.co/ncDZWPUlsE

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

Sharon Rogers was "blown out of bed" by an explosion at @exxonmobil in 2021. The corporation has broken environmental laws thousands of times. But they keep appealing to avoid paying any damages. "It’s awful to have to always live in fear," Rogers says.

https://t.co/8fbL8rvw9n

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

What's changed so it never happens again? The @chemsafetyboard hasn't completed an investigation, but ITC has applied for a permit to keep operating. With lax enforcement, Texas' "honor system" for industry, Carolyn Stone, a Channelview resident, says, isn't working.

[KPRC 2 Houston @KPRC2]

As Houston Ship Channel expands, Pleasantville and Galena Park residents express concerns about potential toxic exposures https://t.co/bnXrW8w0Gs

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

It's that time of year! @EDFtx's video contest for young Houstonians is now accepting submissions through April 1. First prize is $2,500. (Only rule is don't be boring.)

https://t.co/1joePikMN4

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

A stronger regional haze plan will protect our national parks and our everyday health from the pollution from old-fashioned power plants like @nrgenergy's W. A. Parish outside Houston. @EPAregion6 has the power to do both. #ParishIsBurning #ShutDownParish

https://t.co/V03OQT6r0V

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

Yesterday, after equipment failed, TPC Group's Houston plant, looming over @ChavezHS_HISD in the East End, burned chemicals for about 2 hours — including >205 pounds of cancer-causing 1,3-butadiene, the chemical their Port Arthur plant leaked for months after a 2019 explosion. 🧵

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

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[Allyn West @allynwest]

Our #txlege #TwitterSpaces will have *everything* — concrete batch plants, grid reform, clean energy, orphan wells, TCEQ, electric buses —

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

Texas lawmakers have a lot to do this #txlege, which begins Tuesday. What has our attention? Join us Monday for a conversation to set the stage for the state's work.

https://t.co/AyozJmcxom

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

Could 2022 be the beginning of *this* future?

It's been a tough year, but we've made a lot of important progress, too, with big climate action and smaller attempts to monitor our air more closely and create more accountability.

See more: https://t.co/TtIsh4Kg1v

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

After consistent community pressure, @Port_Houston committed publicly for the first time to a long-term goal of carbon neutrality, agreed to use cleaner equipment to expand the Ship Channel and rolled out a zero-emissions truck.

https://t.co/vbsPESbuJj

[One Breath @OneBreathHOU]

It's been a long, hard year. But it hasn't been without progress. After 2022, we are:

✅ Taking climate action through the #InflationReductionAct
✅Rebuilding communities through the #IIJA

Locally, we made progress, too. This is just some of what happened for good this year.

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

Houston BCycle Customer Service Representative https://t.co/zt7E1wL1c8

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

Thank you! https://t.co/ZCLtyzP7xJ

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

Introducing CEC’s Updated Newsletter Format! https://t.co/iHIBcgGOzS

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

Water Quality Specialist https://t.co/DRExhE8rof

[CEC Houston @CEChouston]

Houston Environmental News Update November 9, 2022 https://t.co/QzZblV2zA5