Posted on · During EPA Administrator Michael Regan's visit, residents expressed concerns about a range of issues, including concrete batch plants, creosote contamination and the cumulative impact of pollution from multiple facilities concentrated in the same area.
Posted on · Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Friday will meet with community leaders and advocates in Houston neighborhoods where pollution has impacted people’s health.
Posted on · Plans to relocate the lab continue to move forward, but some employees are hoping the Biden administration will halt the move, given its commitment to environmental justice and Houston's strategic position along the Gulf Coast.
Posted on · The sites include a former incinerator, thermal processing facility and two abandoned commercial high rises.
Posted on · Air and water permits for industrial facilities are often granted in predominantly Latino communities, but environmental justice advocates say language barriers often make it hard for community members to participate in the public process.
Posted on · Community members are calling on the EPA to accelerate the cleanup of the waste pits, which contain dioxins, a group of chemicals known to cause cancer.
Posted on · The city is now under a boil water notice as of 10 p.m. Saturday, the governor and city officials said.
Posted on · Oil and gas operations make up the largest industrial source of methane emissions in the U.S. — and much of those emissions come from Texas, the country’s top oil and gas producer.
Posted on · The government overturned the rules in 2019, saying they were no longer “reasonable or practicable.”
Posted on · Episode: 2981 Catalytic Converters: A Catalyst For Change. Today, we don't go up in smoke.
Posted on · Councilmember Dwight Boykins told News 88.7 he plans to delay the vote for one week, so advocates have an opportunity to view the agreement.
Posted on · The EPA has been working with the City of Houston to finalize a plan to reduce contamination.
Posted on · After a deadly accident, environmental advocates say the civil penalty is little more than a slap on the wrist.
Posted on · The EPA intends to block rules to prevent and respond to leaks, explosions and other disasters at chemical facilities and refineries around the U.S. That scares many people who live and work nearby.
Posted on · In a statement announcing Greenwalt’s resignation, Pruitt called her a “tremendous leader” within the agency.