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Public Health

  • Black children have the highest prevalence of asthma in the U.S. Photo: Evan O'Neil.

    It's not easy to raise children with asthma during a pandemic. She's making the hard decisions.

    By Leah Binkovitz
    09.17.2020

  • A new index that rates 70,000 U.S. communities on their climate vulnerability finds that parts of the Gulf Coast are the most at risk.

    Where in the U.S. does a changing climate create the highest risks?

    By Scientific American
    04.14.2023

  • Data from air monitors, registries and other sources can help leaders decide how, and where, to marshal resources to protect the health of those who need it most. Photo: Dan Joyce.

    The tools to protect the Houston neighborhoods that need it most

    By Elena Craft
    06.17.2020

  • Thousands of respondents told the Texas Flood Registry that their behavioral changes started after the impacts of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

    Along the Gulf Coast, mental health suffers even after the floodwaters recede

    By Xander Peters
    04.7.2021

  • Dredging the Ship Channel with old, dirty, diesel-burning equipment to make it safer for ships ignores the dangers of air pollution to people.

    Port Houston wants to be an environmental leader, but their nearly $1 billion dredging project goes the wrong way

    By Elena Craft
    12.18.2020

  • The Trump administration rejected stronger protections against soot, the nation’s most widespread deadly air pollutant.

    Trump's EPA rejects stronger protections against the most widespread deadly air pollutant in the U.S.

    By Washington Post
    12.7.2020

  • “The higher the emissions, the higher the risk of some sort of adverse health outcomes," Dr. Elena Craft with Environmental Defense Fund says.

    Increased production of plastics is increasing risks for Port Arthur residents during the pandemic

    By Texas Monthly
    09.2.2020

  • Our transportation system is the largest source of the pollution changing our climate; 90 percent of ships, trucks, trains, and other vehicles are powered by fossil fuels.

    How ports can use the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to protect public health and act on climate

    By Elena Craft
    03.10.2022

  • Flaring off natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale region has been linked by researchers to an increase in preterm births in South Texas.

    'Some consequences are permanent': A conversation about environmental justice with Virginia Palacios

    By Allyn West
    09.9.2020

  • Land use needs to be talked about in the same breath as transportation, David Fields says. If there's nothing to walk to, then you don't have an incentive to do it. Photo: Allyn West.

    'Nowhere to walk to': A conversation about transportation and health with David Fields

    By Allyn West
    07.21.2020

  • It's time we acknowledge the true toll of Houston’s incessant stream of unfortunate and deadly events.

    Living in Houston comes with 'the hidden tax' of trauma from disasters

    By Houston Chronicle
    02.22.2021

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