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Environmental Protection Agency

Trump eases refrigerant rule in bid to address surging grocery costs

  • May 21

EPA puts employees who spoke out against Trump on leave

  • Jul 4, 2025

EPA to give Texas $382,000 grant to monitor water quality at beaches

  • May 29, 2025

EPA holds meeting for residents in Houston's known cancer cluster

  • Feb 28, 2025

New study shows large cancer cluster at San Jacinto waste pits

  • Feb 25, 2025

Trump begins mass layoffs across agencies, sources say

  • Feb 13, 2025

'Toxic' cancer-causing compounds outside Fifth Ward facility, EPA says

  • Feb 11, 2025

Has a 'cabinet in waiting' lived up to its name?

  • Jan 18, 2025

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SW Houston and parts of Fort Bend get $500K EPA grant to test potentially contaminated properties

  • Aug 6
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EPA announces $382,000 grant to monitor bacteria at Texas beaches

  • May 29, 2025
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EPA shares soil testing results to Fifth Ward, Kashmere Gardens residents in known cancer cluster

  • Feb 28, 2025
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EPA to share soil testing results to Fifth Ward, Kashmere Gardens residents in known cancer cluster

  • Feb 27, 2025
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New study shows large cancer cluster at San Jacinto waste pits

  • Feb 25, 2025
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'Toxic' cancer-causing compounds outside Fifth Ward facility, EPA says

  • Feb 11, 2025
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Soil collection for chemical testing underway in Kashmere Gardens

  • Jun 6, 2024
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EPA could take over cleanup efforts at San Jacinto River superfund site after years of delays

  • Jan 19, 2024

Latest Stories

Drones were not tracking missing radioactive material in New Jersey, DEP says

A theory that "missing" radioactive material in New Jersey could be linked to the string of mysterious "drone" sightings in the state has been disproven, according to the Department of Energy and related officials.

  • Dec 18, 2024
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Reducing food waste is good for your budget and the planet

The EPA says food waste in the U.S. is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of more than 50 million passenger cars and is responsible for 58% of methane emissions from municipal landfills.

  • Oct 29, 2024

Environmental studies and soil collection for chemical testing underway in Fifth Ward

Union Pacific began months-long soil testing around the contaminated Union Pacific Rail Yard, where ABC13 had covered cancer cluster concerns in Fifth Ward for years.

  • Jun 6, 2024

Facing the Facts: Environmental Justice | Watch full special

Across the U.S., Americans are fighting for better air quality and healthy living standards where they live. In "Facing the Facts: Environmental Justice," we take you to those cities where you'll hear from residents working to better their communities.

  • Apr 22, 2024

Harris Co. Attorney takes jab at Texas AG as county joins EPA: 'He's certainly not a scientist'

Attorney General Ken Paxton argues that EPA's stricter standard on particulate matter threatens the state's businesses and that it's not based on science. Now, Harris County is defending the feds.

  • Apr 11, 2024