Looking for more information about Houston’s air quality issues? We have listed here our most recent research and reports. You will also find links to the work of our predecessor organizations, the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP) and Mothers for Clean Air (MfCA), both of which produced many excellent reports on air quality problems and solutions in Houston.
Climate Research
Close Parish Coal: How the Dirtiest Coal Plant in Texas Harms Public Health and the Environment; and the Alternatives for Fort Bend | Cierre de la Planta de carbón de Parish: Los perjuicios que la central de carbón más sucia de Texas cause en la salud publica y el medio ambiente y las alternativas para Fort Bend
Air Alliance Houston, July 2023
Perspectives on Carbon Capture Technology in Houston: A Qualitative Assessment and a Path Forward|Perspectivas sobre la tecnología de capture de carbono en Houston: Evaluación cualitativa y possible camino hacia el futuro
Air Alliance Houston, June 2023
Climate Disaster Pollution Reports
Hurricane Beryl Community Air Monitoring Data, 2024
Air Alliance Houston, 2024
Hurricane Beryl Total Emissions, Texas, 2024
Air Alliance Houston, 2024
Houston Derecho Emission Report, 2024
Air Alliance Houston, 2024
Winter storm Heather emissions – Polluters have a legal loophole to harm our air quality
Air Alliance Houston, 2024
Winter Storm Elliot Emissions, Harris County, 2022
Air Alliance Houston, 2023
Analysis: 1.8 million pounds of extra pollution released in Harris County over 2022 Winter Storm
Air Alliance Houston, 2023
Research on Community Exposure to Pollutants
How Industrial Emissions in Harris County Impact Asthma Rates and Excess Deaths
Air Alliance Houston, 2023
Resumen Ejecutivo | Tóm tắt điều hành
AAH Community Air Monitoring Program Year 1 Key Data Findings | Principales resultados del primer año del Programa Comunitario de Monitoreo del Aire (C.A.M.P.) de AAH
Air Alliance Houston, 2022-2023
Limitations to Self-Reported Emissions Levels From Houston Area Refineries: A Study of Emissions, Dispersion Modeling and Potential Emissions Controls of Two Local Refineries
Authored by Dr. H Andrew Gray, Gray Sky Solutions, San Rafael, CA & Dr Ranajit (Ron) Saha, Alhambra, CA; Edited by Air Alliance Houston and Environmental Integrity Project, 2022
Executive Summary | Resumen Ejecutivo
Industrial Gas Flaring: A guide to flaring technology and its community impacts
Air Alliance Houston, 2022
Air Pollutant Fact Sheets
Air Alliance Houston, 2022
Executive Summary: Local Policy Recommendations Addressing Environmental Hazards and Inequitable Health Risks in Houston’s Complete Communities
Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Report commissioned by Air Alliance Houston, 2019
Transportation Policy Research
Power, planning, and avenues for change: Uncovering levels of power within Metropolitan Planning Organizations to encounter avenues for the achievement of urban environmental justice
Masters Thesis by Lia Miller, Air Alliance Houston Summer Intern, 2022. Thesis supported by Air Alliance Houston.
Why are we still building highways? A Public Response to TxDOT’s Unified Transportation Plan
Air Alliance Houston, August 2022
COVID and Public Transit in the Houston Region
Air Alliance Houston, in partnership with LINK Houston & Texas Southern University, 2021
Health Impact Assessment of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project
Air Alliance Houston, 2019
Coalition-Based Research
Healthy Environment for a Healthy Start: Promoting Environmental Justice for Equitable Birth Outcomes
March of Dimes Mom and Baby Action Network, in collaboration with members of the Environmental Justice Workgroup, 2024
Formaldehyde Air Pollution in Houston: Monitoring Shows Plumes of Carcinogenic Formaldehyde in Neighborhoods Along Houston’s Ship Channel (En Español)
One Breath Partnership, 2021
Widening and Deepening of the Houston Ship Channel: Air Quality & Health Impacts, an executive summary
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) & Texas A&M University. Report commissioned by Public Citizen in association with HPCC, 2021
Evaluation of the air quality impacts of clean combustion technologies, emissions controls and fleet electrification in the Houston Metropolitan Area for the year 2040
Report released by the University of Houston in conjunction with Public Citizen and the Healthy Port Communities Coalition assessing future models for emission control, 2018
Archive
Government Has an Essential Role in Oil Refinery Safety and the Environment
Bob Levy, Board of Directors of Air Alliance Houston, 2014
Big Breaks for Big Polluters: Why enforcement inconsistencies contribute to ineffective air pollution control
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2008
Houston’s Air Research: What we know, What has worked, Why it matters
Bob Levy, Industry Professionals for Clean Air – Houston, 2008
Houston, we Have a Problem: A Roadmap for Reducing Petrochemical Industry Toxic Emissions in the Lone Star State
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), Industry Professionals for Clean Ai, Environmental Defense Fun & Environmental Integrity Project, 2008
GHASP Air Monitoring Activities, 2005-2008
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2008
A Vision of Clean Air
Jim Blackburn, GHASP Policy Committee, 2006
Cooling Off: State Investigations Show Reductions in Cooling Tower Emissions
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2006
Exceeding the Limit: Industry Violations of New Rule Almost Slid Under State’s Radar
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2006
Strategy for Reducing Flare Emissions
Industry Professionals for Clean Air – Houston, 2006
Whiners Matter!
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2006
Reducing Flare Emissions from Chemical Plants and Refineries
Industry Professionals for Clean Air – Houston, 2005
Reducing Emissions from Plant Flares – Presentation
Industry Professionals for Clean Air – Houston, 2005
Mercury in Galveston and Houston Fish
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2004
Who’s Counting? The Systematic Underreporting of Toxic Air Emissions
Environmental Integrity Project and the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2004
Reducing Air Pollution From Houston-Area School Buses
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2004
Smoke in the Water: Air Pollution Hidden in the Water Vapor from Cooling Towers
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2004
Where Does Houston’s Smog Come From?
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2003
Where Does Houston’s Smog Come From? Part II
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2003
How Bad is Houston’s Smog?
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 2002
Trees & Our Air: The Role of Trees and Other Vegetation in Houston-Area Air Pollution
Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP), 1999