Environment

Houston begins clearing months-old debris piles in southwest neighborhoods, adding $2 million to a cleanup contract as crews work through hundreds of pending pickup requests. Residents are urged to call 3-1-1 for debris removal.

The U.S  Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new website to centralize federal  agencies as they work together to protect livestock, wildlife, and the public’s health against the New World screwworm parasite.

If you want to visit a place with no mosquitoes, you’ll have to go south – far south.

More than one in four U.S. homes—representing $12.7 trillion in real estate value—are now exposed to severe or extreme climate risks, according to a new Realtor.cm report.

A new report highlights cities that perform a lot of environmentally friendly practices to preserve the planet, and here’s where your area ranks.

After four years of planning and efforts, the Coastal Prairie Conservancy has opened Texas' first certified conservation cemetery. FOX 26 spoke to the family of the woman who was the first burial at the conservancy.

It's been described as a "ticking, toxic time bomb" — more than 230,000 tons of cancer-causing dioxin waste buried beneath and beside the San Jacinto River in far east Harris County.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.

Photos released by the town in Greenland show giant wedges of ice towering over homes, businesses and boats.

Officials noted that reservations are required at all campgrounds through October. They urged visitors to make reservations as soon as possible.

Recent studies have found that some beers brewed in the US have high levels of "forever chemicals" and are considered above the allowed EPA limit.

While scientists don't have an exact timeline of when the volcano could erupt, they say it's likely to happen before the end of the year.

More than 156 million Americans live among unhealthy levels of air pollution, an annual report from the American Lung Association found.