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In the Media

• Until we hold leaders accountable, dark clouds will hang over Houston

  By Bakeyah Nelson
  10.3.2019

  Filed under:
  Dealing with Disasters

• Why are Gov. Abbott and TCEQ repeating a mistake and suspending regulations after Imelda?

  By Houston Chronicle
  09.30.2019

  Filed under:
  Who's Protecting Us?

• Imelda led to at least 100,000 more pounds of air pollution

  By Houston Chronicle
  09.25.2019

  Filed under:
  Dealing with Disasters

• Who's Gov. Abbott's third TCEQ appointment?

  By Houston Chronicle
  09.17.2019

  Filed under:
  Who's Protecting Us?

• The environmental burdens communities of color have borne

  By Robert Bullard
  09.10.2019

  Filed under:
  Environmental Justice

• TCEQ wants to raise how much ethylene oxide is 'acceptable'

  By Houston Chronicle
  09.2.2019

  Filed under:
  Who's Protecting Us?

• It's not enough to sue polluters after chemical fires. We need to enforce the laws we have.

  By Victor B. Flatt
  04.7.2019

  Filed under:
  Who's Protecting Us?

• The toxic legacy of Hurricane Harvey's spills

  By Houston Chronicle
  03.5.2019

  Filed under:
  Dealing with Disasters

• The EPA said benzene levels were safe during Harvey. Private monitoring tells a more troubling story.

  By ProPublica
  09.14.2017

  Filed under:
  Environmental Justice

• How is Houston's green transformation leaving Manchester behind?

  By Grist
  08.15.2017

  Filed under:
  Environmental Justice

• How Texas allows industry to spew unauthorized air pollution

  By Texas Tribune
  07.17.2017

  Filed under:
  Who's Protecting Us?