Posted on · State health officials have found higher than normal cancer rates in the area for both adults and children.
Posted on · Local birders are recording the flight calls of the millions of birds that migrate through the Houston-area skies during spring migration.
Posted on · The waste pits were built in east Harris County on the San Jacinto River in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill.
Posted on · The waste pits were built in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill and contain dioxins, a group of chemicals known to cause cancer. Community advocates have been fighting for their cleanup for years.
Posted on · Environmental groups say the company, TPC, regularly violates environmental standards.
Posted on · The proposed plant is near residential homes and a recently-built public park that accommodates kids and adults with disabilities.
Posted on · Texas oysters have had a rough decade, enduring hurricanes, flood events and drought — but industry stakeholders and environmental groups are at odds over how to manage the resource.
Posted on · Texas has closed nearly all of the state’s public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a devastating blow to those who work in the industry. But state biologists say it's necessary to protect the bivalves for the future.
Posted on · Election officials say they're keeping a close eye on any voting issues that might arise, as Texans head to the polls for primary Election Day.
Posted on · The majority of the drainage systems in Northeast Houston are open drain ditches, which residents say get repeatedly clogged with trash, overgrowth, and debris, making them less effective.
Posted on · It’s been years since Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain in some parts of Houston in August of 2017. Thousands of people are still waiting for assistance to repair their homes and now officials say there might not be enough funds to help everybody who applied.
Posted on · Every 12 years, state agencies undergo a performance evaluation to make them more efficient.
Posted on · In November, the top EPA official visited neighborhoods in Houston that have been disproportionately impacted by pollution, as part of a week-long environmental justice tour through the South. Now, new initiatives aim to address what he saw.
Posted on · Past testing by the district found more than 200 schools had at least one tap test positive for lead contamination.
Posted on · The goal is to make the vaccine available in other underserved nations across the globe to help prevent future variants of concern from forming.