Everyone has a right to breathe clean air
Air Alliance Houston is a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.
Air Alliance Houston is a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.
Air pollution affects all Houstonians but disproportionately affects Environmental Justice communities – often working-class communities of color. They are frequently located next to freeways, train paths, the Port of Houston, and industrial facilities among other sources of air pollution.
different types of toxic chemicals released into the air by Houston area industries
pounds of pollution were released during Hurricane Beryl in 2024
most ozone-polluted city
(American Lung Association, 2024)
of the chemical releases in Harris County come from just three petrochemical facilities
(EPA Toxic Release Inventory, 2018-2022)
adults in Houston are living with asthma
(Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2017-2019)
of illegal emissions go unpenalized in Texas
(Environmental Integrity Project, 2017)
Everyone has a right to breathe clean air.
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