“We’re just flat out better than this.” NE Houston communities are coming to together to try and tackle illegal dumping. We found all sorts of trash today.. Even some in a city park. I’ll have the story on @KHOU#khou11
"The end goal is clear: Rig the system to pad their profit margins while silencing everyday people—especially pollution‑burdened communities—subsequently denying our communities a voice in what happens to their health and environment." https://t.co/v17nkxgBh2
A $40 million Phase 2 expansion of the Bellaire Market District is moving forward in west Houston’s Little Saigon, advancing plans for Chợ Ba Miền, a 28-vendor Vietnamese food hall.
📑Learn more: https://t.co/lR3cT6OrAx
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🌿 Big things are growing at HPB’s Coolgreen Park Nursery! With support from Restore America’s Estuaries & the EPA, this permanent hub will grow up to 80,000 plants to restore habitats across the Bayou Greenways system. 🌱
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Explore heat patterns & local conditions with:
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#FUT#H3AT
If you don’t address poverty in real terms, you create the political groundwork for despair—and despair is the breeding ground for authoritarianism. https://t.co/JWAwkcOG1J
#NLIHC joins @natfairhouse and other national, state and local organizations in calling for the full enforcement of fair housing laws.
We urge Congress & the HUD Inspector General to investigate recent complaints that civil rights protections in housing are being rolled back and to take the steps needed to ensure that protections are being enforced.
Read the full statement: https://t.co/chUNBNGrCm
Adjusted for inflation, Madrid built 35 miles of metro between 1995–1999 for about the same cost as a SINGLE mile of New York’s Second Avenue Subway (Phase 1). Imagine if every transit dollar here bought us 35 times more transit?
STILL MISSING | Two months after the devastating Texas floods, two remain unaccounted for: 8-year-old Cecilia "Cile" Steward from Camp Mystic and 63-year-old Jeffery Ramsey: https://t.co/uJYhZRLVIt
Join us for the Houston Voices for Health and Equity: A CD-18 and Council-At-Large Candidate Forum!
https://t.co/2d5xA5pPJE
[Only candidates who are running for CD-18 and Council-At-Large seats AND respond to the candidate questionnaire will be eligible to speak at this forum]
Back to Houston!
The densest neighborhood of Houston (Gulfton, left) has 14,600 people/ sq. mi.
The Vasatan neighborhood of Stockholm (right) has almost 4x the population density: 56,100 people/ sq. mi.
And it's significantly greener and more walkable.
In a new scientific review, researchers examined 62 studies in order to determine the known effects of microplastics on human and animal bones. They found that micro and nanoplastics could be harming bone health in various ways, including:
🦴 Impairing bone marrow stem cell function
🦴 Accelerating cell aging
🦴 Promoting inflammation
🦴& more
Learn more: https://t.co/RZLfVLcveg
#PlasticPollutes #Microplastics