Our friends up north in #Canada know that there is NO safe level of lead, especially for children. That's why places like @CityOfRegina are providing residents with free filters certified to remove lead to help #GetTheLeadOut & ensure safe drinking water: https://t.co/uZbMiF7NYH
Back in Freeport, Texas today. This beast of a facility is Dow Chemical Co.’s manufacturing plant - according to @TCEQ records, it has emitted upwards of 4 mil lbs of unauthorized emissions in the last 5 years. #NoFilter#AirPollution
Refined coal has a dirty secret. An independent analysis by Reuters shows it regularly fails to deliver on its environmental promises. https://t.co/EWtSLkAktR
The @washingtonpost shows U.S. emissions have grown 2.7% throughout 2018 (the planet's second largest emitter). The time for reflection is over. New Year Resolution: let's lower our individual footprints and hold polluters accountable. https://t.co/92VqXOOjhV
Great article from @q_worldeconomic reminding us that dirty air is no joke. It's crucial that we address the issues of air quality immediately. "Air pollution takes more life off your years than smoking."
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I got a chance to see the @googlemaps car fitted with air quality monitoring devices at Data Jam, hosted by @OneBreathHOU and @sketchcityhou at @txrxlabs, using data to determine what Houstonians are breathing. #DataDrives
Great interview of @utsystem Chancellor @jbmilliken, inc question about global warming pollution coming from 9000 oil and gas wells on University Lands. Reducing that pollution is critical to our planet and achieving UT's sustainability goals #ActOnClimate https://t.co/nqozZuO18X
Environment Texas fellow, Emma Pabst, and her intern, Bowen Wilder, ask Austin Independent School District to Go Solar on every school in the district by 2025 https://t.co/aEosj5uuvK
Stay tuned for live coverage of @EnvironmentTex “Wildlife over Waste” press conference hosted today at 12:00pm CT. We are urging @Whataburger to halt its use of polystyrene cups which heavily contaminate Texas’ beaches and wildlife #PlasticFree#Sustainability
The DHS waived environmental regulations to speed up construction on a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley - sounds like bad news for our #wildlife https://t.co/Nc5zGfWB4i #EndangeredSpecies
Next stop on today’s agenda: Port Arthur, Texas. Home of America’s largest oil refinery owned by Motiva. With a population of 53,818, I’m working towards understand it’s people and it’s #AirQuality issues.
Packed ✅ Voted ✅ Excited ✅ — Headed to New Orleans to support the @EnvironmentTex and @SierraClub lawyers at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Stay in the loop for more information and a breathe of #FreshAir