Overall, this encompassed nearly 200 facilities across 54 counties. Each facility reported releases of toxic chemicals between Feb. 11 and March 9. Roughly one-fifth of the airborne pollution occurred in the Houston area.
One industrial facility near Beaumont, Texas, reported emitting 262,522 pounds of methane in less than two hours on Feb. 16.
“Texas is not ready for increasingly extreme weather, and the state’s failure to prepare is hurting communities, especially those near high-risk chemical facilities,” said Elena Craft, senior director for climate and health at Environmental Defense Fund. “Air pollution compounds the health and economic harms in a state that already leads the nation in billion-dollar disasters fueled by climate change. We need government at all levels to ensure companies take the necessary steps to guard against these disasters and protect their neighbors.”
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