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Category: Toxic Texas Air

Posted inEnvironment

Texas Lawmakers Raised Pollution Fines for the First Time in More Than a Decade. But Regulatory Concerns Remain

by David Leffler June 2, 2023June 5, 2023

The Texas Legislature raised the maximum daily fine for polluters from $25,000 to $40,000. But it also gave environmental regulators more latitude to avoid investigating citizen complaints.

A fire rages at the Shell Deer Park Chemicals plant on May 5, 2023. The fire burned off and on for three days.
Posted inEnvironment

Latest Chemical Plant Fire Unnerves, Infuriates Houston-Area Residents

by David Leffler May 15, 2023June 1, 2023
Posted inToxic Texas Air

At a Heated Public Hearing, Residents Urge State Agency to Reject Permit for Chemical Facility That Burned in 2019

by Alejandra Martinez/The Texas Tribune May 5, 2023May 11, 2023
Teams of firefighters stationed along Tidal Road spray burning tanks with foam in hopes of cooling them down.
Posted inToxic Texas Air

Four Years After a Catastrophic Chemical Fire, Intercontinental Terminals Company Faces a Public Hearing on Its Operating Permit

by Savanna Strott May 3, 2023May 4, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Toxic Benzene Lingered for Weeks After Shelter-in-Place Warnings Ended Following 2019 Houston-Area Chemical Fire

by Erin Douglas, Alejandra Martinez/The Texas Tribune and Caroline Covington / The Texas Tribune April 27, 2023May 1, 2023
Firefighters battle a petrochemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, Texas, on March 18, 2019. A fire at the Houston-area petrochemical storage facility that burned for days was caused by equipment failure at a storage tank.
Posted inEnvironment

For Years, the EPA and Texas Ignored Warning Signs at a Chemical Storage Site. Then an Inferno Erupted.

by David Leffler and Savanna Strott April 26, 2023May 17, 2023
Forty percent of Galena Park's 11,000 residents live within a mile of an industrial facility.
Posted inEnvironment

Houston Lawmaker Moves to Hold Polluters Accountable

by Jim Morris April 4, 2023April 5, 2023
A plume billows from a petrochemical plant bordering Galena Park, on the east side of Harris County, Texas.
Posted inToxic Texas Air

Houston-Area Residents Take Pollution Monitoring Into Their Own Hands. The Results Are Worse Than Feared.

by David Leffler December 15, 2022January 4, 2023
Posted inToxic Texas Air

Why Do So Many Chemical Releases in Texas Go Unpunished?

by Savanna Strott August 15, 2022August 18, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

The People of Harris County: One Year After a Chemical Leak Sickened a Community

by David Leffler July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

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