April 16, 2024
Yvette was featured on ExxonKnews and speaks about the health implications living along the Houston Ship Channel caused by the Petrochemical facilities, with majority of communities being low income and people of color.
ExxonKnews interviews Yvette on the petrochemical industry along the Houston Ship Channel
March 19, 2024
Fenceline Watch attended the Houston festival for People & Planet where we rallied & shouted to protest the annual CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Fenceline Watch gathers with fossil fuel protestors to rally outside CERAWeek
March 13, 2024
Our director Yvette & policy director Shiv discussed areas of concern for communities as well as advocacy opportunities to leverage the collective voice in a webinar hosted by Just Solutions.
Our Director & Policy Director discussed key areas of concern for communities when it comes to hydrogen
Environmental leaders honored nationwide
February 28, 2024
Fenceline Watch Founder & Director Yvette Arellano, was recognized by the second annual Environmental Leader Awards, an independent project administratively supported by the Center for Rural Affairs
February 8, 2024
Fenceline Watch attends Exxon Mobil’s permit renewal in Baytown. Shiv comments on the permit renewal stating “your zip code should not determine wether or not you get cancer.”
Policy director, Shiv comments at the Exxon permit renewal
February 3, 2024
Yvette speaks about the “massive investments” from petrochemical companies in Houston and being largely fueled by the plastics industry, including PVC and vinyl.
Yvette was featured in The Intercept’s article on the expansion of vinyl chloride
Fenceline Watch partnered with Just Solutions in the Hydrogen EJ Framework
February 1, 2024
Fenceline Watch was part of a collaborative with other environmental justice organizations in an effort to produce a EJ framework. This framework provides values for communities to evaluate hydrogen energy concepts and critically analyzes the implications to inform community decision-making.
January 25, 2024
The report demonstrates how the petrochemical industry operating along the Houston Ship Channel causes a range of human rights abuses, in addition to environmental and climate harm.
Fenceline Watch shared their experiences and insights and contributed to The Cost of Doing Business? report.
January 22, 2024
Yvette talks about the importance of banning PVC due to its production process and its harmful impacts to our communities.
Yvette Arellano speaks about PVC’s toxicity and it’s alarming health impacts on our communities
December 21, 2023
Fenceline Watch partnered with Environment Texas to organize Baytown residents to attend ExxonMobil’s hearing in New Orleans.
Fenceline Watch helped organize fenceline communities to attend ExxonMobil’s hearing
November 1, 2023
Shiv & Yvette highlight chemical recycling of plastics which includes including toxic emissions and the implications for community risk and emergency response planning.
Yvette and Shiv were featured on Inside Climate News about chemical recycling of plastics
September 28, 2023
Yvette was featured on Environment Texas and talked about the fossil fuel industry and it’s compliance with current environmental standards.
Yvette Arellano gives Environment Texas their statement on ExxonMobil’s request to increase pollution
Fenceline Watch was highlighted by Plasticpollutioncoalition
September 14, 2023
Fenceline Watch work gets highlighted for the impeccable work they do, ranging from community-based support programs, from addressing language barriers to public participation to responding to chemical disasters.
September 5, 2023
Yvette provided a quote on the released Global Plastics Treaty zero draft prior to it’s negotiating at INC-3 in Nairobi, Kenya Nov. 2023
Yvette Arellano gives their perspective on the released zero draft that was negotiated at INC-3
July 26, 2023
Fenceline Watch founder, Yvette Arellano & Policy Director Shiv Srivastava share tips on how to prepare for a chemical incident.
The Texas Tribune interviews Shiv & Yvette on how to prepare for a Chemical Disaster
July 12, 2023
Yvette was featured in Plastics News Radio, where they speak on how vital the Global Plastic Treaty is to reduce pollution & toxic chemical exposure in our fenceline communities.
Plastics News Radio:Yvette Arellano | Fenceline Watch
June 15, 2023
Yvette speaks on their perspective about the growth in resin production along the U.S. Gulf Coast bound for single-use plastics.
Plastics News interviews Yvette on their perspective on the plastics treaty
June 9, 2023
Yvette highlights the damaging impacts of inhaling polluted air caused by petrochemical facilites in this 1 hour podcast of the power of breath.
TED Radio Hour hosts Yvette Arellano on the harmful impact of the polluted air we inhale
Director & Founder of Fenceline Watch Yvette Arellano was featured in People over Plastic
June 01, 2023
Yvette highlights the health impacts in our community caused by the petrochemical plants near the Houston Ship Channel.
May 5, 2023
Fenceline Watch documented the fire at Shell Chemical facility in Deer Park that occurred on May 5th. Which sent black smoke billowing along Texas State Highway 225.
The Houston Chronicle spoke to Yvette & Shiv about the Deer Park fire
April 13, 2023
Fenceline Watch became accredited under the UN Environment Programme. (UNEP)
Fenceline Watch becomes a UN accredited organization
March 23, 2023
Yvette gave their environmental justice perspective and addressed important impacts on and demands of EJ communities in this very informative panel with Carl Rosen, General President of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), Scott Slawson, President of UE Local 506 that represents workers at Wabtec, in Erie, PA, and some leading EJ organizers from around the country.
