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President Obama releases Clean Power Plan
On Monday, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, the largest action on climate change in our nation’s history. The Clean Power Plan addresses carbon emissions from power plans by mandating...
View ArticleClean Power Plan Training in Port Arthur
Last week Air Alliance Houston was part of a two-day training session on the Clean Power Plan for environmental justice community members. The session was organized to provide EJ community members with...
View ArticleCOP21: How excited/angry should I be?
If you follow Air Alliance Houston, you’re probably also following COP 21, the climate change conference in Paris. Representatives from 195 countries around the world convened to discuss global...
View ArticleHouse Select Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation meets
Tuesday was the first meeting of the Texas Houston of Representatives Select Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation. This interim committee was convened to give Texas lawmakers an opportunity to...
View ArticleClimate Reality Project: Four Policy Steps for Today!
Last week, some three hundred Houstonians–including several of us from Air Alliance Houston–attended a Climate Reality Project Leadership Corps training opportunity. The Climate Reality Project,...
View ArticleFocusing on Solutions at the North American Marine Environment Protection...
Last Thursday, I attended the North American Marine Environment Protection Association Conference in Deer Park, Texas, where largely industry professionals converged to discuss how industry can...
View ArticleHouston mayor requests public EPA hearing on proposed Clean Power Plan repeal...
Mayor Sylvester Turner is calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a public hearing in Houston on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature effort...
View ArticleTrump administration receives second warning on delayed clean air rules
A second judge has told the Trump administration and Interior Department it cannot continue to put off clean air rules for oil and gas production on federal lands, according to an Associated Press...
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