FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT
Our staff and dedicated volunteers are working every day to protect our air, water and health. Here are some of our big ongoing projects:
Citizens Air Quality Monitoring Network:
There are only 2 distant air quality testing units monitoring the manufacture of thousands of toxic chemicals inside the Dow Chemical compound. We are working to create a large network of 61 monitors at schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and parks to test air quality daily.
Citizens Education and Mobilization Task Force:
Getting the word out about local environmental dangers is one of the most important things we do. We are building a well-trained Task Force of volunteers to inform the public through talks, public hearings, letter writing, lobbying, campaign work, online advocacy, among others. If we can change public opinion, we can change the laws to better protect us all.
Kids Environmental Education Summer Program:
We are repeating a successful 2024 pilot program to introduce school children to basic facts about the environment and what they can do to help protect it.​​
Protecting the Texas Gulf Coast from SPOT (Sea Port Offshore Terminal):
The fight to stop construction of the two 36” crude oil pipelines through Surfside Beach and out into the Gulf is far from over, especially with the new oil-friendly President. We’re working with the Surfside Beach Council and others to block approval for construction over the protected dunes and through Surfside’s beach. Likewise, we will be monitoring the construction of SPOT’s twin sister project GulfLink insure all pollution rules are obeyed.
Fighting Citizens’ Property Tax Giveaways to Petrochemical Giants:
Local municipalities and ISDs have already given back $2.2 BILLION in owed property taxes to 14 giant companies here, and their hands are out for even more! We will update the 2023 study we commissioned, and publicize the even more outrageous giveaways. Our goal is to convince citizens and elected officials to keep those tax dollars for improving parks, EMS, police, schools, water and streets. Make these companies pay what they owe and improve the lives of local taxpayers, not stockholders.
Monitoring Gladieux Metal Recyclers:
Recycles metals to extract cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, and vanadium. Leaks of these toxic chemicals into the air is recognized as a contributor to several types of cancer.
Fundraising:
All these ambitious programs cost money. We are aggressively seeking grant funds nationwide to make these goals a reality for our long-suffering southern Brazoria citizens. We could use your help – both with tax-deductible donations and with introductions to anyone who may be able to help us secure new grants. For nonprofits, grants are like gasoline for a car – they can only run when they are gassed up.