Dow Asks Texas to Legalize Plastic Pollution from its Seadrift Complex
Two weeks ago, when Texas sued a massive Dow petrochemical plant over water pollution, state environmental regulators were…
Texas alleges ‘habitual non-compliance’ of wastewater rules at Dow Chemical complex – Houston Public Media
A view of Dow’s Seadrift chemical complex from the Victoria Barge Canal in Texas on Feb. 1. This…
Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend
REDFORD, Texas—Plans for a border wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas are raising alarms among…
Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex
The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon against Dow Chemical Co., North America’s largest chemical…
Houston-area environmental advocates condemn EPA rollback of greenhouse gas regulations – Houston Public Media
Brandon Bell | Getty Images An exhaust pipe atop a truck in Austin, Texas. Under the Trump administration,…
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain
GONZALES, Texas—More than 500 enormous oil tanks dot the floodplains of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries where…
Houston Housing Authority opening apartment complex near contaminated site after previous concerns – Houston Public Media
Screenshot via HTV Houston Housing Authority President and CEO Jamie Bryant speaks during a press conference on Thursday,…
Indigenous groups fight to save rediscovered settlement site on Texas coast
This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy…
Indigenous groups fight to save rediscovered settlement site on Texas coast
This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy…
DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice – Houston Public Media
AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi Huey German-Wilson, Trinity-Houston Community President, is interviewed near large piles of trash and debris littering…
Surviving Gulf Texas’ Toxic Petrochemical Pollution – Scalawag
Every time we speak on the phone, my mother nearly blows my eardrum out with the force of…
A community burdened by chemical waste is demanding cancer data. Texas health officials won’t give it to them – Houston Public Media
Mark Felix Texas Health and Environment Alliance founder Jackie Medcalf stands near the San Jacinto River in Highlands,…