We are watching the fenceline. Together, in solidarity, we will succeed in our collective survival.
- Fenceline Watch
Fenceline Watch at Global Plastic Treaty INC-4
23 - 29 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada
Watch INC-4 by clicking this link >>>> https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution/session-4
Definition: INC = Intergovernmental negotiating committee
Purpose: Intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment Fourth session
Why is Fenceline Watch Involved?
The Houston Ship Channel is home to 618 chemical manufacturing establishments. 99% of plastic is derived from fossil fuels and after extraction in oil fields like the Permian basin in West Texas, the oil, gas, and other fossil fuels then arrive at refining and petrochemical production sites to create feedstocks, polymers, olefins, and pellets for plastics. Oil major states, such as Texas, have no laws to prohibit these facilities from being co-located next to homes, communities, schools, and parks. Every day, people in our communities have to undergo the daily emissions, odors, exposures, and symptoms of toxic exposure. This is a violation of our Human Right to a healthy environment. We are here to pressure decision-makers to include toxic chemical phase-out, public disclosure of toxiss and health effects, and production caps to address the plastic crises truly and ultimately, a legally binding instrument that is protective of human rights, biodiversity and the environment for current and future generations.
“A holistic approach to tackling the existential crisis of plastic is essential. Our communities at the fenceline of plastic production stand in solidarity with those affected from extraction to waste. Our fight for survival is a fight for our future. It is our duty; we refuse to fail.”
- Yvette Arellano, Founder and Director of Fenceline Watch, CIEL Trustee
Interested in learning more ready more at: https://www.fencelinewatch.org/ourwork/toxicplastic
Photo Credit for both: Yvette Arellano Houston (left) Ship Channel aerial view (above) Shell Chemical excessive flare during school release
Fenceline Watch Official Intervention for Global Plastic Treaty INC-2 & INC-3
Learn more about our work with the Global Plastic Treaty process.
We will establish a counterbalance to an industry that has leveraged systemic inequities to skirt environmental oversight, expand, and harm our most vulnerable.
Submit a complaint to (TCEQ)Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Need to file a complaint with the TCEQ on an odor in your community. Follow the link below or click the blue button below. If you are told to call the City of Houston, remember you have a right to have your complaint documented with TCEQ.
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/compliance/monops/complaints/complaints.html
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Call Houston Health Department - Pollution Control
If you live inside the Houston City limits Harris County Pollution Control advises you to report Outdoor Air Pollution (dust, odor, smoke, flaring, dumping, and others) to Houston Health Dept. To report a complaint,
Call 3-1-1 or (713) 837-0311 or
Email: 311@houstontx.gov
Make sure you get a confirmation tracking number. Houston Pollution Control has no online form to report to. Note: After-hours may refer you to HCPC - Harris County Pollution Control.
Types Of complaints: Please report any unusual odors, airborne particles, smoke or fumes, indoor air quality, spills, or dumping of anything other than rainwater onto the ground or into the ditches, storm drains, and bayous.
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Report Pollution to Harris County Pollution Control Services
If you live outside of Houston city limits or are contacting after working hours 311 will refer you to HCPC.
To report a complaint (environmental concern or issue) impacting your community click below to access the online PCS complaint form. This form is not for emergency use.
For emergency pollution calls, please call 713-920-2831.
Do you have a request? If you prefer to send your request via email, please email us at
PCS-Communications@pcs.hctx.net
Who We AreAs people living in the gulf coast surrounded by fossil fuel infrastructure, we rise in response to the rapid oil and gas expansion in the midst of the global climate crisis. Fenceline Watch is dedicated to the eradication of toxic multigenerational harm on communities living along the fenceline of industry. 
We strive toward a future not dependent on extraction and support opportunities for healthy, safe and productive lives.
We work in the spirit of cooperation, intersectionality and partnership fighting toward equitably meeting the developmental and environmental needs of future generations.
Together we will succeed in a movement for our collective survival.