Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott Issues Brazoria County Disaster Declaration After Deadly Amoeba Found In Lake Jackson Water Supply
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 · 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.
Posted on · The agency says the report ignores a longer-term decline in environmental enforcement cases
Posted on · The task force in June issued a nearly three dozen-page report containing 42 detailed recommendations, all of which Pruitt immediately adopted
Posted on · Is the settlement between the oil giant and the EPA a victory for the environment -- or just business as usual? Energy writer Loren Steffy joins us to discuss the case.
Posted on · The EPA has ordered two companies to make more extensive repairs around a Superfund toxic waste site near Houston following Hurricane Harvey.
Posted on · The companies say the protection offered by the cap now covering the site is sufficient, and are opposed to the expensive cleanup. The EPA's plan calls for ringing the site with a temporary dam and digging up 212,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments, enough to fill about 16,000 dump trucks.
Posted on · Pruitt said the Trump administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming