People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

Study finds broad support for government role in health care … Firefighter protective gear may endanger health … Dirty rain ...

Study finds broad support for government role in health care … Firefighter protective gear may endanger health … Dirty rain and food … and more.

Billionaire industrialist William Koch had a problem in 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was tightening regulations for sulfur dioxide, or SO 2, a noxious gas that damages the lungs and ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

A plant in Houston's vast petrochemical complex. Texas lawmakers raised the maximum fine for polluters from $25,000 to $40,000 a day, but environmental advocates say more regulatory reforms are needed ...

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In the spring of 1977, federal workplace-safety regulators were confronted with a grim government study. Current and former employees of two Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Ohio had been using ...

COVID-19 significantly slowed processing of applications from immigrants seeking relief under the Violence Against Women Act. The backlog forestalls domestic abuse victims’ ability to close a ...

Insurance premiums surging as hospital costs soar…study links ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water to pregnancy ...