ACTS Organization Participated in the White House Council Environmental Panel Regarding The Contributions of  Biden Legislation

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What Is Air Quality Index

 

 

 

 

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The residents of Pleasantville identified air quality as one of the top five priorities for the community in January 2018. By November 2019, the community-led air monitoring network was being implemented. Today the network consists of a total of 8 low-cost monitors measuring both particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrous dioxide (NO2). Monthly reports are generated to document air quality measurements. This information is also available on the website.

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The Healthy Port Communities Coalition, which includes environmental nonprofits Air Alliance Houston and Bayou City Waterkeeper, analyzed data provided by the Army Corps of Engineers and conducted its own testing over the past year, finding that 11 pollutants exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s carcinogenic screening levels.

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ACTS Organization is focused on near-port Eastside Houston Communities- Pleasantville, Clinton Park, & Port Houston

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EPA Air Monitoring Grant

In 2023, ACTS was awarded an Enhanced Air Monitoring Grant by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The grant is a collaboration between ACTS, Coalition for Community Organizations (COCO) in Fifth Ward, Sunnyside Community Redevelopment Organization (SCRO),...

How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team

How Texas diminished a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. The operation never returned to what it was before. By Dylan...

Biden Promised to Clean Up Heavily Polluted Communities Here Is How Advocates Say He Did

After World War II, Black people in Houston found the rare chance to buy a nice home in the new community of Pleasantville, Texas. But in the years that followed, officials routed the Interstate 610 loop with its tailpipe exhaust along one side of Pleasantville and...

What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ pollution rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under a Supreme Court decision Thursday. The EPA’s “good neighbor”...

Residents in limbo as environmental complaints stall East End affordable housing project

Residents in limbo as environmental complaints stall East End affordable housing project By Maggie Gordon,   Mayor John Whitmire’s request this month to halt the move-in process at the Houston Housing Authority’s new East End complex had all the hallmarks of...

Disaster Preparedness For Houston Communities

Access to healthcare, Disaster Response, and Infrastructure Improvements have been identified as areas needing strengthing in Houston Community Disaster Preparedness Plans Houston has a notorius reputation for major rainfall; flooding events and flooding has been a...

Deep South Center For Environmental Justice

From Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Facebook Page: We're proud to partner with community-based organizations (CBOs) to help build the capacity of communities to respond to environmental threats and hazards through training workshops. In August we visited...

ACTS Celebrates 10 Years of Cutting-Edge Environmental Justice Work

Date February 3, 2023 Read 10 Minutes Share HOUSTON, TX - Nestled behind the Anheuser Busch plant on the other side of the railroad track, you’ll find the historic African American community of Pleasantville. A tight knit community that is holding local officials'...

Revealed: The 10 worst places to live in the US for air pollution, Houston is on the list

A Guardian analysis edge modeling developed by researchers tracks deadly PM 2.5 levels     FILE: Union Pacific’s Englewood rail yard, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer A new study by The Guardian ranked...

Project Pleasantville

The timeline is part of Project Pleasantville, a collaboration between Pleasantville community members Ms. Bridgette Murray (founder of ACTS) and Mr. Cleophus Sharp (ACTS Board Member), and a team of researchers, students, and archivists at Rice University, originally led by Dr. Zoë Wool and Dr. Lacy Johnson. The project also includes a growing collection of oral histories and archival materials housed at the Woodson Research Archives at Rice University, updates to the neighborhood’s Wikipedia page, a poster series, and a range of student research projects. This is a living timeline, and will be updated with new sources as Project Pleasantville continues.

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