Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said cancer clusters and lower life expectancies persist in Houston's Black and Latino neighborhoods, emphasizing, "This is not a race-blind issue." ...

Both agencies issued the notices after facing high turbidity ratings, meaning the water was more opaque than allowed by the ...

Motiva Enterprises shut several critical systems at its 659,700 b/d Port Arthur, Texas, refinery early Monday after unusually low temperatures moved into the state.

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When he was 13, Ramon Rodriguez stood before the Presidio City Council. He had a vision for his hometown, a hot, arid border community.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently notified the City of Big Spring that the public water system has ...

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A statewide competition promoting environmental protection has reached the semifinals. Four of the six contestants are from ...

Members of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last week voted unanimously to grant a motion by Fort Bend County to ...

Cameron County leads the state in soot contamination, second only to Harris County, which includes Houston. Harris is home to the largest concentration of oil refineries and petro ...

Fort Bend County officials and residents have won a small victory in their battle against an incoming concrete crushing plant ...