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." ...

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 ...

Over 20 El Paso employees with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are heading to Houston to aid with winter ...

Based on air quality data from 2021-23, Webb County, Hidalgo County, and Cameron County exceeded soot pollution standards.

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot. But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be ...