An alternative perspective on "In Harm's Way"
H. Sterling Burnett has penned an interesting and provocative response to a January 2005 Chronicle story on area air quality that was ominously entitled "In Harm's Way."
Here's an excerpt:
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), however, the air quality in Texas as a whole and Houston in particular has dramatically improved over the past 30 years, as noted in a 2005 report by the agency.
In Houston, under EPA’s one-hour standard, ozone pollution has declined by an average 78 percent since 1975. Under EPA’s eight-hour standard, ozone has declined by 70 percent on average. And toxic air emissions in Texas have declined by more than 63 percent.
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The Houston area has the most extensive monitoring network of any city in the United States. Stricter federal and state standards are already in the works, and regulated industries face incentives to improve efficiency and reduce waste and thus remain profitable. As a result, the environmental quality in the Houston greater metropolitan area should continue to improve.
However, one would hardly be aware of the Houston area’s rosy environmental future from reading the series “In Harm’s Way” published in January 2005 in the Houston Chronicle.
The entire article is worth reading. Perhaps a link will be added to the Chronicle's list of letters and other responses to the study.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/06/05 09:56 PM | Print |
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