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Aug 9, 2024 | 
turlockjournal.com | Salina Arredondo
BY SALINA ARREDONDO Public Health Watch SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, California — Every year, Lisa Gluskin dreads the onset of summer. She tapes her windows shut. She packs her door frame with foil. She hangs blankets to block out the sun. The punishing heat, though, still permeates her mobile home. “You can feel the hot air blowing in,” she said.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | Salina Arredondo
This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, California — Every year, Lisa Gluskin dreads the onset of summer. She tapes her windows shut. She packs her door frame with foil. She hangs blankets to block out the sun. The punishing heat, though, still permeates her mobile home. “You can feel the hot air blowing in,” she said.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
themercedfocus.org | Salina Arredondo
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis is one of two stories examining extreme heat in California’s San Joaquin Valley. This project was a collaboration between KVPR and Public Health Watch. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, California — Every year, Lisa Gluskin dreads the onset of summer. She tapes her windows shut. She packs her door frame with foil. She hangs blankets to block out the sun. The punishing heat, though, still permeates her mobile home. “You can feel the hot air blowing in,” she said.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Salina Arredondo
This is one of two stories examining extreme heat in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The project was a collaboration between public radio station KVPR and Public Health Watch. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, California — Every year, Lisa Gluskin dreads the onset of summer. She tapes her windows shut. She packs her door frame with foil. She hangs blankets to block out the sun. The punishing heat, though, still permeates her mobile home. “You can feel the hot air blowing in,” she said.
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May 21, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Salina Arredondo |Savanna Strott |David Leffler |Univision Houston
Texas State Sen. Carol Alvarado says that PHW’s recent investigation into chronic benzene pollution in Channelview will be the blueprint for legislation she plans to introduce when Texas lawmakers convene in January.
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May 15, 2024 | 
palabranahj.org | David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo |Jana Cholakovska
La tensión era palpable en la agencia. Su misión es proteger la salud pública, siempre y cuando ese objetivo sea “compatible con el desarrollo económico sostenible”. Glenn Shankle, director ejecutivo de la TCEQ entre los años 2004 y 2008, dice que el personal de Rick Perry —el gobernador republicano de Texas desde el año 2000 hasta el 2015— lo llamaba por teléfono para cuestionar las decisiones regulatorias de la agencia.
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May 15, 2024 | 
palabranahj.org | David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo |Jana Cholakovska
Tensions were high at the TCEQ. Its mission is to protect public health so long as it is Glenn Shankle — who held the executive director’s job from 2004 to 2008 — said the staff of Rick Perry, a Republican who served as Texas governor from 2000 to 2015, sometimes called his office to question the agency’s enforcement decisions. Perry “would kind of stay in our business a lot, I’ll put it that way,” said Shankle, who left the agency for a job at a radioactive-waste company.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
houstonlanding.org | Salina Arredondo |Molly Peterson |John Tedesco
CHANNELVIEW — Living in an industry town, George Galindo is hardened to the sound of semi-trailers lumbering through his neighborhood. He’s accustomed to the sight of steel smokestacks and aluminum tank farms punctuating his community’s streets. What keeps 29-year-old Galindo up at night isn’t the big chemical plants or oil refineries.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Michael Hagerty |David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo
On Friday, a public meeting in Channelview will focus on the ongoing presence there of the cancer-causing chemical benzene. The free event is Jan. 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Flukinger Community Center, located at 16003 Lorenzo Street in Channelview. The nonprofit investigative news organization Public Health Watch will host the gathering. Its recent reporting shows Texas regulators have known about startling amounts of benzene in the community east of Houston since 2005.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Michael Hagerty |David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo
Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, [email protected] or @HoustonMatters. On Wednesday’s show: We discuss the latest in local, state, and national politics with Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina, the hosts of Houston Public Media's Party Politics. Also this hour: Reporters Savanna Strott and David Leffler from Public Health Watch join us to discuss ongoing concerns over benzene levels in Channelview. MORE: Jan.
