Subdude Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Harris County Among Nation's Worst Air, Water Polluters January 5, 2012 by: Andrew Schenider The Environmental Protection Agency is releasing its latest Toxics Release Inventory. The annual study publishes information on releases of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water. Once again, Harris County ranks as one of the most polluted in the nation.The inventory names the twenty U.S. counties with the largest toxic chemical releases in 2010, the latest year for which complete data is available. Harris County topped the list in air pollution, with more than 12 million pounds of toxic emissions, about the same as in 2009. Its nearest competitor — Humphreys County, Tennessee — emitted just over 7 million pounds. Harris also took a distant second place for surface water pollution. The county discharged more than 2.5 million pounds of wastewater. The leader was Indiana’s Spencer County with more than 24 million pounds. http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1325799716-Harris-County-Among-Nations-Worst-Air,-Water-Polluters.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Yeah, unfortunately that's the inevitable outcome of basing (a large part of) the regional industry on chemical production and refining.Nothing really to be done about this, except possibly support federal- and state-level legislation requiring caps on the release of airborne chemical by-products. But, even that would likely affect all counties nationwide, so it would still probably result in Harris County being at the top of such a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_G Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yeah, unfortunately that's the inevitable outcome of basing (a large part of) the regional industry on chemical production and refining.Nothing really to be done about this, except possibly support federal- and state-level legislation requiring caps on the release of airborne chemical by-products. But, even that would likely affect all counties nationwide, so it would still probably result in Harris County being at the top of such a list.I feel the least we can do in Harris county is really develop our public transportation systems. Increasing public transit will reduce airborne emissions from personal vehicles while not putting any hindrance on the local industrial economy (which we all know would never pass). I do hate that very few people in Harris county seem to feel concerned or are even aware of our air pollution problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 w00t! We DID NOT make this list of the most polluted cities in America... http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-10-most-polluted-cities-2012.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 w00t! We DID NOT make this list of the most polluted cities in America... http://realestate.ya...ities-2012.html proof that lightrail is working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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