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On Thursday, June 13th, LSLA community partner Air Alliance Houston held a press conference announcing a report on a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) that considers the wide-ranging health impacts of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)’s proposed I-45 expansion project, also known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), on communities along the I-45 N corridor. Pointing to the inequitable […]

Houston, TX – For more than 14 years, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been planning the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), a massive expansion of Interstate 45 that will completely reshape freeway transit around downtown Houston, with major changes to I-45, I-69, I-10 and Hwy 288 over the next decade. The proposed expansion of I-45 north of downtown […]

Port Arthur, TX – Alleging over 1.8 million pounds of unauthorized air pollution were released over the past 5 years by Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery, the community group and Lone Star Legal Aid client, Port Arthur Community Action Network (PA-CAN), announced at a press conference today that it intends to sue Valero Energy Corporation and its parent company, Premcor Refining […]

April 29 – May 3 is Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW).  This year’s theme, “Check the AQI and Get Outside,” encourages us to learn about air quality by checking AirNow’s Air Quality Index (AQI) to find out the healthiest times for outdoor activities in your area. LSLA’s Environmental Justice Team recently caught up with EJ Attorney Colin Cox to talk […]

Harris County, TX – On Sunday, March 17, 2019, at approximately 10am, a storage tank caught fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) Deer Park facility, located at 1943 Independence Parkway. Industry neighbors and multiple local agencies actively fought the fire to prevent it from spreading and to extinguish it as quickly as possible. As of early Wednesday morning, March […]

Lone Star Legal Aid’s Environmental Justice Team recently talked with Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, Bakeyah Nelson, PhD, to find out more about a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) being conducted by AAH this spring. Funded by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under the 500 Cities Data Challenge, the HIA will determine expected impacts of the […]

This week marks the 20th anniversary of National Groundwater Awareness Week (NGAW).  LSLA’s Environmental Justice Team observes NGAW as we consider this vital natural resource and its importance to our lives.  This year’s theme, “Think” encourages us to think about ways that this important resource can be protected in order to ensure abundant, clean groundwater for future generations to come. […]

Houston, TX – The Ivy Court Ballroom in Northeast Houston was filled to capacity on October 22nd as residents gathered not for a celebration, but a fight – a fight for the community’s right to clean air. Taking part in the public participation process for an air quality permit through Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), residents expressed their overwhelming concerns […]

Woodville, TX – Based on a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) decision requiring that Best Available Control Technology (BACT) be adopted by a wood pellet manufacturing facility, German Pellets, LLC has agreed to install $6 million worth of pollution controls on its Woodville German Pellets Mill.  According to a new permit application submitted by German Pellets to the state agency, […]

LSLA’s EJ team recently had a chance to talk with Air Alliance Houston’s Bakeyah Nelson, Ph.D. – one of our community partners.  Read on to learn about Air Alliance Houston as we begin a series called, “What’s In My Air?” where we take a closer look at air pollution in LSLA’s service area. LSLA: Hi Bakeyah, and thanks for joining […]

National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) celebrates the 14th annual Environmental Education Week this week, April 23rd – 29th, 2018.  NEEF partners with a wide range of organizations to inspire educational learning and encourage stewardship of our essential resources: land, air, and water.  Lone Star Legal Aid’s Environmental Justice team participates this year by sharing information about brownfields, a type of […]