by Acts Organization | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Community Corner
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...
by Acts Organization | Mar 15, 2023 | Community Corner
GALENA PARK, Texas – People living in two communities that already deal with the potential of toxic exposures now have new concerns about where they live. As part of the project to expand the Houston Ship Channel, sediment dredged from the waterway will be dumped at...
by Acts Organization | Jan 27, 2023 | Blog, Community Corner, Environmental Justice, News
GALENA PARK, Texas – Juan Flores grew up playing in open fields of mud, grass, and overgrown brush not far from his house in this small city along the Houston Ship Channel, home to one of the world’s most highly concentrated clusters of refineries and petrochemical...
by Acts Organization | Jan 27, 2023 | Community Corner
The Pleasantville neighborhood on Houston’s east side provided Black servicemen an opportunity to own their own homes—something that was hard for them to come by in 1948 due to pervasive housing discrimination. What was designated as a residential area attracted...
by Acts Organization | Jan 27, 2023 | Blog
What happens when communities and academics teach each other? ‘Communiversity.’This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out...
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