Environment
Houston’s air quality: ‘The particles lodge deep down in the lungs’
With summer unofficially here and Texans spending more time outdoors, there is an invisible danger to keep in mind - ...Environmental innovation: Building public parks as storm surge barrier for Houston
Dozens of Houston area elected officials and their constituents met outside of Houston on Wednesday to discuss the threat of ...With Hurricane season weeks away, can Houston handle another Harvey?
Photo is from August 25, 2017. GOES-16 Visible Satellite Image, just as Harvey, a Category 4 Hurricane, was about to ...Houston’s environmental nightmare scenario: storm surge hitting chemical plants
The greatest economic threat to the Houston area is surge flooding, given its potential for widespread destruction. This is the ...FEATURE: The Green New Deal and Houston, the energy capital of the world
At a rally in Houston last week, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders reassured Houstonians the Green New Deal would ...Harris County receives $850,000 to prosecute environmental crimes
Harris County authorities will soon have more firepower to tackle environmental crimes committed in the Houston area. In a 5-0 ...230 employees are locked out of Deer Park chemical plant
Photo by John Everett/Center for Public Integrity A local contract dispute between management and workers at an east Harris County ...In Texas, Trump blames environmental activists for executive order easing oil and gas permitting ...
As more polling showed Donald Trump’s support tanking in key parts of Texas, the President flew into Houston on Wednesday ...T-SIG EDITORIAL: Texas GOP aided and abetted chemical fires in Houston region
Photo: Harris County Fire Marshall Republican leadership in Texas is now scurrying to cover its tracks. A second chemical explosion ...ITC hit with multiple lawsuits for chemical fire in Deer Park
Photo: Jaimie Meldrum/Handout via REUTERS The physical fire is out but the legal one is just getting started. The lawsuits ...
