Misinformation about the electric grid failure is already spreading. One of the most widespread false claims: renewable energy is to blame for the loss of power across the state. Report For America corps member and Texas Public Radio environmental issues reporter Dominic Anthony Walsh spoke with energy and climate consultant Doug Lewin.
Report For America corps member and Texas Public Radio environmental issues reporter Dominic Anthony Walsh spoke with energy and climate consultant Doug Lewin.
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Eight years after the explosion, residents still maintain a fresh wreath of flowers on a white cross, just across the street from the former site of the West Fertilizer Company.
In the City of West a small Texas town, just outside Waco an eternal flame flickers on top of a fountain. It’s surrounded by 15 stone blocks, engraved with the names and life stories of the 15 people killed in a 2013 explosion at West Fertilizer Company, one of the largest and deadliest chemical disasters in recent U.S. history.
Dominic Anthony Walsh
An eternal flame flickers on top of a fountain at West City Park. This is the centerpiece of the memorial to the 15 people killed by the explosion.
Juan Flores holds one of the air monitors he uses for his work with Air Alliance Houston.
When a massive fire broke out at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in 2019, a thick plume of smoke blanketed parts of east Harris County for several days. Hospital admissions for asthma increased by about 65% compared to the same time in 2018, according to county data.
A Deer Park 911 dispatcher named Brandy fielded calls as residents phones began to buzz and beep with shelter-in-place notifications on the first morning of the fire. All we can tell you is that the city manager’s office and the emergency management office have requested a shelter in place, she told one caller. Yeah, stay home. They request you not to be out and about. Make sure your doors and windows are shut, and turn your air conditioners off.
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Juan Flores holds one of the air monitors he uses for his work with Air Alliance Houston.
When a massive fire broke out at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) in 2019, a thick plume of smoke blanketed parts of east Harris County for several days. Hospital admissions for asthma increased by about 65% compared to the same time in 2018, according to county data.
A Deer Park 911 dispatcher named Brandy fielded calls as residents’ phones began to buzz and beep with shelter-in-place notifications on the first morning of the fire.
“All we can tell you is that the city manager s office and the emergency management office have requested a shelter in place,” she told one caller. “Yeah, stay home. They request you not to be out and about. Make sure your doors and windows are shut, and turn your air conditioners off.”