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Energy & Environment

EPA Grant Set To Help Redevelop Contaminated Sites In Underserved Houston Neighborhoods

Posted on May 27, 2021 · The sites include a former incinerator, thermal processing facility and two abandoned commercial high rises.

Houston Matters

I-45 Widening Project Stalled Amid Lawsuit (March 15, 2021)

Posted on March 15, 2021 · On Monday's show: Why the I-45 widening project is on hold, and a conversation with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Energy & Environment

Urban Planners Look To Houston’s Industrial Side For Parks And Green Spaces

Posted on January 2, 2017 · Abandoned lots and crumbling industrial sites could become Houston's newest parks.

Politics

Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions

Posted on June 30, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Houston Matters

Benzene pollution, and presidential portrait history (May 13, 2022)

Posted on May 13, 2022 · On Friday's show: Excess pollution at local refineries, the Obama portraits, and blending classical music and hip hop.

Arts & Culture

Here’s how to celebrate Star Wars Day in the Houston area

Posted on May 4, 2022 · Houston has a bunch of great places to celebrate Star Wars Day, here's just a few spots you can hit tonight or later this month.

Houston Matters

Turning a landfill in Sunnyside into a solar farm, and what motivates Gov. Abbott (April 25, 2022)

Posted on April 25, 2022 · On Monday's show: A new project in Sunnyside plans to convert a landfill into the nation's largest urban solar farm. Plus, we take a closer look at what motivates Gov. Greg Abbott. And an expert outlines what we do and don't know about microplastics in our water -- and in our bodies.

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Energy & Environment

EPA Grant Set To Help Redevelop Contaminated Sites In Underserved Houston Neighborhoods

Houston Matters

I-45 Widening Project Stalled Amid Lawsuit (March 15, 2021)

Energy & Environment

Urban Planners Look To Houston’s Industrial Side For Parks And Green Spaces

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