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The Legal Battle Over Texas Oyster Reefsnew
The Texas Gulf Coast has become a battleground among oystermen fighting for control of the reefs on the bottom of the bay, and Texas may be only the beginning.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
01-30-2015 |
Environment
San Jacinto River Waste Pits Unleashed Toxins Into Rivernew
Meet the residents living along the San Jacinto River who say their lives and their health have been harmed by what is sitting in the water.
Houston Press |
Susan Du |
11-05-2014 |
Environment
Can Buffalo Bayou Survive the Latest Plan to Save It?new
Plans to reroute Buffalo Bayou will rescue an unstable waterway. Or they will destroy one of the last natural stretches of riparian forest on the bayou. Consensus seems to have taken a hike.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
01-09-2014 |
Environment
Tags: buffalo bayou
If Houston's Dams Failnew
They've already been labeled "high risk." Experts say the resulting damage could be bigger than Katrina in New Orleans.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
07-18-2012 |
Environment
Giant Duck Threatens to Bring ExxonMobil to Its Kneesnew
If ExxonMobil collapses by the end of the day into bankruptcy, with company executives begging for forgiveness for their polluting ways, all the credit should go to a giant inflatable duck.
Houston Press |
Rich Connelly |
11-15-2011 |
Environment
Plants Along the Houston Ship Channel Loose Tons of Toxic Gases and Face Little Penaltynew
Out of seven toxic leaks, only the smallest received an enforcement citation from the state's regulatory agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It penalized the plant $20,900 but then reduced the fine to $8,000.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-22-2009 |
Environment
Toxic Town: Contamination in Texas Schoolsnew
Schools in the town of Somerville continue to show elevated toxins, but are the health risks bad enough to shut down the schools?
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
04-08-2008 |
Environment
Border Fence May Destroy Wildlife Habitatnew
U.S. Fish and Wildlife services spent $80 million to reclaim wildlife habitat in South Texas -- now Homeland Security is ready to wipe that out.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
06-05-2007 |
Environment
A Subdivision Turns on a Neighbor Who Pointed Out its Contaminationnew
Paul Anderson became a pariah when he raised questions about Woodwind Lakes' land and the contamination underneath.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
04-17-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hold the Saltnew
Too much of a good thing threatens the oysters in Galveston Bay.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
04-11-2006 |
Environment
Going Nuclearnew
Why should Houston want a nuclear power plant?
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
03-13-2006 |
Environment
A Bus That Runs on a Sweeter-Smelling Oilnew
Members of the Houston Global Awareness Network made it to the Republican National Convention last year without having to pay fuel costs because the bus they chartered ran on vegetable oil.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
U.S. Computer Donors Add to Pollution in Africanew
Companies or agencies with obsolete computers often ship them to places like Nigeria under the guise of "bridging the digital divide," but that can be an excuse for dumping toxic waste abroad.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
Switch Hitternew
Attorney Jim Blackburn has been the strong right arm of the environmental movement in Houston for decades. But a new book by Diane Wilson is dredging up a part of Blackburn's past in which his actions don't appear quite so noble.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-17-2005 |
Environment
Landfill Makes Its Northeast Houston Neighbors Miserablenew
When a Houston landfill announced that it wanted to take its mountain of trash up from 188 feet up to 316 feet, the Northeast Environmental Justice Association filed suit.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-10-2005 |
Environment
