Climate Conversation - Brazoria County

07/28/2026

07/23/2026

Summers are getting hotter. Blackouts are more frequent. Our UT-Austin study found that even healthy young adults are at risk. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-buildings-heat-power-outage-22347106.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

07/16/2026

🚨 Should communities have a voice before certain air permits are approved?

A recent news article highlights concerns about an EPA proposal that would allow states—including Texas—to decide whether the public receives notice and an opportunity to comment before certain air permits are approved.

📰 Read the news article:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/critics-warn-epa-proposal-could-120000934.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

📅 Important Dates

🗓 Sunday, July 19
Last day to pre-register to speak at EPA's virtual hearing.

Learn about the proposal:
https://www.epa.gov/nsr/nsr-regulatory-actions

Pre-register to speak:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/qYHHfq43RuGv3pzc5iKl7A #/registration

Choose one of two speaking sessions:
• 9:00–11:00 AM CT
• 12:00–3:00 PM CT

🎤 Wednesday, July 22 | 9:00 AM–3:00 PM CT
EPA Virtual Public Hearing

This is currently the only scheduled opportunity to provide live testimony on the proposed rule.

📝 Friday, August 21
Written Comment Deadline

Submit comments:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212-0001

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-1212

07/14/2026

STAYING INFORMED STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING POLICY CHANGES.

A recent federal action delayed compliance with certain updated air pollution requirements for some chemical manufacturing facilities. While the rule itself remains in place, some facilities have been granted an additional two years before compliance with these requirements.

06/22/2026

📢 Calling all Environmental Justice and Climate Justice warriors across Texas!

Join CELP to learn how to use community stories and local data to advocate for your community. Whether you're concerned about extreme heat, air quality, flooding, or neighborhood health, this training will help you transform lived experience into action.

Your story is data. Your data is power.

Registration is open and spots are limited. CELP starts July 2nd!

🔗 Apply: TINYURL.COM/2026CELP

06/15/2026

A retired shrimper from Seadrift, TX flew to Taiwan to look Formosa Plastics in the eye. That's what relentless looks like.

For Diane Wilson, the 8,000-mile trip to Formosa Plastics’ annual shareholder meeting in Taipei was part of a strategy of being relentless.

05/31/2026

After 17 months of outreach and debate, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council released its Final Report on Thursday, May 7th. Despite the administration’s threats to dismantle the agency, the Council recommended keeping FEMA intact at the federal level while passing more re...

05/14/2026

In April, most of Texas, except for far West Texas and the Panhandle, received heavy precipitation, with totals ranging from 2 to 16 inches (shown in green, blue, purple, and pink on the map of total monthly precipitation).

In parts of West, Central, Southern, and North Central Texas, this rainfall was much higher than usual, about 300% to 400% of the normal amount for April (shown in blue on the map that compares precipitation to typical averages).

Learn more: https://www.waterdatafortexas.org/drought/precipitation

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

Frontline community organizer Gwen founded Climate Conversation - Brazoria County in order to confront the greedy, polluting industries surrounding Brazoria County. Through her work, she’s demanded that insurers like AIG stop serving projects that bring destruction and death to frontline communities.

Watch Summer of Heat: Gulf South Solidarity Week to see Gwen and other organizers in action! Streaming now for free on our YouTube.