Posted on · Rice environmental engineering professor Daniel Cohan discusses who's responsibility it is to insure Texas coal plants comply with federal emission standards.
Posted on · Houston wants a bigger cut of millions that will be distributed across the state to help cities clean up air quality.
Posted on · The head of a house committee calls some pollution fines "inconsequential" to companies.
Posted on · State regulators suspended pollution limits after Harvey in an effort to speed up the response and recovery.
Posted on · The governor's office says the waivers are under "constant evaluation", and will be ended when they're no longer needed.
Posted on · According to the Public Works Department, the potentially impacted areas are near the University of Houston-Downtown and the intersection of Washington Ave. and Milam St.
Posted on · Mayor Turner says they will "probably" join the county’s legal action, instead of filing a separate lawsuit against Wright Containers LLC
Posted on · The Houston City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on joining Harris County's litigation against Wright Containers LLC
Posted on · Mayor Turner assures nonetheless the supply is safe and it is not necessary to consume boiled or drinking water
Posted on · Kathleen Hartnett White now needs full approval from the U.S. Senate.
Posted on · The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it had appointed Michael Honeycutt, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's chief toxicologist, as chairman of the federal agency's Science Advisory Board.
Posted on · State and federal agencies are looking into the fires.
Posted on · Many refineries were shut down, and air monitors had to be removed and protected during the storm. In a post-mortem, environmentalists are critical of state and federal agencies for not planning ahead.
Posted on · “We watch things floating through the water that you can only imagine."
Posted on · It's an effort to force the agency to respond to objections about various air permits.