Posted on · After years of dealing with toxic air pollution, residents of overburdened communities are taking matters into their own hands and installing a growing network of community air monitors.
Posted on · Groundbreaking for the channel’s widening and deepening is expected in a few months.
Posted on · The smell was reported across Greater Houston, and led to shelter-in-place orders from both La Porte and Seabrook.
Posted on · A slate of proposed revisions to federal chemical safety rules could have prevented the leaks, but the changes have been stalled for years.
Posted on · Though some facilities do emit formaldehyde directly, some 95% of the formaldehyde in Houston's air is formed by other chemicals reacting together, making it harder to regulate.
Posted on · State documents show facilities released some 700,000 pounds of excess air pollutants last week, as they faced electrical outages and equipment failures due to the severe winter weather.
Posted on · Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said the Ike Dike alone, when or if it’s built, wouldn’t be enough to guard against the effects of a direct hit from a hurricane.
Posted on · Experts say it's an important first step, but the plan has lots of limitations.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Safety concerns stall construction on the ship channel bridge. We discuss how colleges decide who gets in. We learn how Project Row Houses is taking on the issue of black maternal mortality. And we visit a traveling exhibition of art made from LEGOs.
Posted on · Houston Matters takes a boat tour of the bayou's east sector to learn what's planned.
Posted on · Greenpeace said it was challenging the Democratic candidates participating in Houston's presidential debate to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable if they become president.
Posted on · Intercontinental Terminals Company must abide by a management plan that underscores how waste is sampled and identified, stored and discarded.
Posted on · Chief Chris Reed fell out of a boat into Galveston Bay last Friday. Over a dozen local, state and federal agencies searched in more than 650 square miles.
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Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We get an update on the Bayport chemical spill, we discuss efforts to bring 2026 World Cup matches to Houston, we learn some stories behind the downtown skyline, and we meet one of the Worst Cooks in America.