A bill in the Texas Legislature would require oil and gas drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste on their property. In addition, House Bill 4572 would strengthen other regulations ...
A bill in the Texas Legislature would require oil and gas drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste on their property. In addition, House Bill 4572 would strengthen other regulations ...
The Texas Railroad Commission approved the construction of ponds used to treat and recycle produced water from fracking next to the Circle Six Baptist Camp in Lenorah in the Permian Basin. Credit: ...
Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of certain types of cancer, according to a new assessment from the state’s ...
The EPA took over the waste pits as a Superfund site in 2008, a designation reserved for hazardous waste sites abandoned by their makers. However, initiation of the Superfund process doesn’t ...
The Biden administration expanded benefits for veterans with cancer believed to be linked to burn pits where tens of thousands of service members were exposed to toxic waste. The new step, announced ...
A home across the street from an entrance to an oilfield waste disposal facility has a sign reading “DON’T DUMP ON NORDHEIM” on Sept. 10, 2023. Credit: Texas Tribune / Julius Shieh Sign up for The ...