A Reason Not to Live in Houston
By Byron LaMasters
The water there, stinks!
Blasted for its "deplorable" treatment of local residents and feeble attempts to curb air and water pollution, the Port of Houston scored an F in a review released Monday by a nationwide environmental advocacy group. It was the lowest grade given to any of the nation's 10 largest ports.
"There is a severe lack of effort on their part to control their pollution. They had to have a gun to their head to do something about air pollution at their terminals," said Diane Bailey, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, which authored the report.
Of the 10 ports surveyed, the Port of Houston -- specifically the 11 publicly owned container terminals operated by the Port of Houston Authority -- ranked worst, with an F. That grade corresponds to a "reckless lack of concern for public health and the environment," according to the NRDC.
Of course, the Houston Port Authority called the study flawed. Flawed or not, I hope that Houston will see this as a wake up call to address some of the problems it has regarding pollution in their port. Or then again, the could just call on Joe Barton to clean up the mess.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at March 23, 2004 10:09 PM
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Now, Byron, you know that if everyone in Houston who doesn't like breathing the air or drinking the water here were to move to Austin, your water and air would be as wretched as ours! Drinking Houston water... it's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it, and I volunteered (by being born here)!
That said, NRDC is right about the Port. Yuck!
Yeah, I will have to come visit Houston some time in the next month or two... or just wait for the convention. It's been a year and a half since I was in Houston and I've been putting it off. I'll just bring my own water...
