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ABC13 viewers help set new record at 2026 Earth Day E-Cycle Drive

  • May 20

San Jacinto River waste pits cleanup has been delayed nearly a decade

  • May 6

Seven Lakes HS student among winners of Disney conservation challenge

  • Apr 28
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Earth Day 2026: What you can to promote conservation

  • Apr 22

Young environmentalists replanting what was lost

  • Apr 21

Apartment complex set to open in days, after toxic ash found nearby

  • Jan 16

Environmental monitoring underway after sulfuric acid leak: Officials

  • Dec 28, 2025

Frigid air on the way for next week

  • Dec 6, 2025

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EPA orders cleanup of San Jacinto River waste pits after state found cancer cluster last year

  • May 5
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  • Apr 22
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  • Apr 21
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Meet one of the beekeepers behind the biggest pollination event in the world

  • Apr 13
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On the frontlines of the fight for a bird-friendly NYC

  • Dec 9, 2025
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EPA announces $382,000 grant to monitor bacteria at Texas beaches

  • May 29, 2025
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Massive solar farm provides enough power for 70,000 Texas homes

  • Apr 24, 2025
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Siblings facing charges after scrapyard waste runs into waterway in E. Harris Co., documents say

  • Apr 14, 2025

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Pope Leo XIV takes aim at climate skeptics as he embraces predecessor's environmental legacy

Pope Leo XIV is taking aim at skeptics who he says "ridicule those who speak of global warming."

  • Oct 2, 2025

Longtime Alief community leader, and environmental advocate Barbara Quattro, dies

Barbara Quattro was described as a "fierce" environmental advocate and was a part of a group that planted over 10,000 trees in the Alief community.

  • Aug 10, 2025

EPA announces $382,000 grant to monitor bacteria at Texas beaches

Texas beachgoers may soon be better protected, as the funding is designed to reduce the risk of disease to people who use the nation's coastal recreation waters.

  • May 29, 2025

Hawaii's first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually

Hawaii's governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address climate change.

  • May 29, 2025

Houstonians made an impact at ABC13's Earth Day E-Cycle Drive

Houstonians made a difference and helped divert thousands and thousands of pounds of e-waste from entering local landfills during our 18th annual ABC13 Earth Day E-Cycle Drive.

  • Apr 28, 2025