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

Katie Watkins

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

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

Michael Hagerty

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.

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

Laurie Johnson

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

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The purchase of the land for the park is being funded with monies from the settlement Harris County reached in 2014 with two of the companies responsible for the pollution in the San Jacinto River waste pits.

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EPA to move forward with next steps on cleaning up San Jacinto river’s waste pits

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on September 29, 2023 · Contaminants from the two waste pits have been carried to nearby homes during floods since the 1960s. Residents used to play in the waste pits before they were made aware of just how toxic they are. 

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Houston City Council approves $5 million in relocation funds for Kashmere Gardens, Fifth Ward residents

Ariel Worthy

Posted on September 27, 2023 · The city is beginning the process to move residents who were affected in the cancer cluster area, caused by Union Pacific Rail Yard.

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Houston City Council delays vote for funding to relocate residents living in cancer cluster areas

Ashley Brown

Posted on September 21, 2023 · The City of Houston announced earlier this summer it would start making plans to relocate residents living near a Union Pacific Rail Yard in Fifth Ward.

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Houston mid-year: Health and the environment

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Posted on July 31, 2023 · Houston Public Media's reporters Sara Willa Ernst and Katie Watkins review recent stories in their beat -- and what they're working on next.

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