Faith Chatham wrote a wonderful memorium of Harriet Irby. It summarized her activities that have made a difference in the realm of family, friends, mentors, political, and environmental. Here is a great picture that shows the warmth, friendly, confident, yet serious urgent nature to make change happen that Harriet represented…
Harriet Irby photo from Daily Kos
Harriet was like family, here she is noticing Benzene (she named our fractivist bearing respirator) behind our couch!
And here is a collaboration of pics off of my old computer but I have more….
And here is article she was featured in….
http://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3828826.html
Pantego women sure something’s foul at compressor station
“PANTEGO — Neighbors Harriet Irby and Betty Clark hope they can breathe easier after drawing the state’s attention to a natural gas compressor station they say is releasing toxic air pollution near their Pantego homes.
Irby, who said she suffers from lung disease, blames diesel exhaust and sweet-smelling chemical fumes from the DFW Midstream Service facility for exacerbating her breathing problems and causing her to rack up costly medical bills…One inspector briefly became ill after reporting strong natural gas odors downwind of the facility on the Aug. 18 visit, Clawson said…..”I don’t want to whiff glycol,” Irby said of the sweet-smelling chemical used to remove water from the natural gas stream. “I want a vapor-recovery system ASAP. I don’t want it done within a year. I’ll be back in the hospital. It needs to be done now.”….Both women contacted the agency Aug. 18 to report itchy, watery eyes, shortness of breath and other health problems they said they experienced after driving past the compressor station. The women also believe that some of their chickens have died because of exposure to the foul-smelling fumes…..” End Star Telegram excerpts.
Here is her tribute by Greensource DFW, https://www.greensourcedfw.org/articles/feisty-arlington-environmental-activist. The photo was used from this Facegroup photo….
And here are more photos…
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