Trump administration drops clean water protection regulation
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the Trump administration's plans to revoke an Obama-era clean water rule (all times local):
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the Trump administration's plans to revoke an Obama-era clean water rule (all times local):
Tougher Regulations for Petrochemical Industry
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Houston Ship Channel seafood advisory based on ITC Deer Park fire
HOUSTON (FOX 26) — The Texas Department of State Health Services is advising that no one eat any species of fish or crab from the Houston Ship Channel or from the San Jacinto River north of the State Highway 146 Fred Hartman Bridge, saying that "volatile organic compounds" in the water following the International Terminals Company Deer Park facility fire may affect the safety of seafood harvested in those areas.
HOUSTON (FOX 26) — The Texas Department of State Health Services is advising that no one eat any species of fish or crab from the Houston Ship Channel or from the San Jacinto River north of the State Highway 146 Fred Hartman Bridge, saying that "volatile organic compounds" in the water following the International Terminals Company Deer Park facility fire may affect the safety of seafood harvested in those areas.
ITC Fire Endangers Community
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From local to national, Fox 26 discusses the hottest political issues.
New Green Deal Proposal
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From local to national, Fox 26 discusses the hottest political issues.
Toxic trouble as Dioxin dump near Galveston Bay bankrolled by government agency
It has been more than a year since FOX 26 News revealed what some now call "the most thoroughly toxic strip of land on the Texas Gulf Coast."
It has been more than a year since FOX 26 News revealed what some now call "the most thoroughly toxic strip of land on the Texas Gulf Coast."
Florence Aftermath and Climate Change
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Local news and a look at events and activities in the greater Houston area.
EPA says protective cap missing, Dioxin exposed in San Jacinto River
The Environmental Protective Agency’s dive team discovered that the protective cap at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site is missing and the underlying waste material was exposed.
The Environmental Protective Agency’s dive team discovered that the protective cap at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site is missing and the underlying waste material was exposed.
Waste Management, Intl Paper agree to fund dioxin removal on San Jacinto
The giant companies responsible for tons of dioxin waste dumped near, and now within, the San Jacinto River have agreed to a $115 million plan to completely remove the cancer causing material.
The giant companies responsible for tons of dioxin waste dumped near, and now within, the San Jacinto River have agreed to a $115 million plan to completely remove the cancer causing material.
Waste Management secretly funded 'grassroots' opposition to toxic dump removal
In Texas, it often takes a court house to jar loose the truth and such is the case with the decade-long battle over the San Jacinto River Waste Pits and the half a billion pounds of cancer-causing Dioxin waste dumped there.
In Texas, it often takes a court house to jar loose the truth and such is the case with the decade-long battle over the San Jacinto River Waste Pits and the half a billion pounds of cancer-causing Dioxin waste dumped there.
Proposed Dioxin pit cleanup draws criticism from Galveston County leaders
Just when folks were truly believing a "dig and haul" solution was a done deal for the Dioxin waste pits on the San Jacinto River, voices of protest are emerging downstream.
Just when folks were truly believing a "dig and haul" solution was a done deal for the Dioxin waste pits on the San Jacinto River, voices of protest are emerging downstream.
EPA chief declares dioxin dump "dangerous", pledges clean up
Thirty-four days after personally inspecting the leaking, largely submerged Dioxin dump known as the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt returned to Houston to tell stakeholders exactly why he's ordered complete removal of the Superfund site and all the cancer-causing material within it.
Thirty-four days after personally inspecting the leaking, largely submerged Dioxin dump known as the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt returned to Houston to tell stakeholders exactly why he's ordered complete removal of the Superfund site and all the cancer-causing material within it.
EPA's plan to clean up San Jacinto Waste Pits Superfund site approved
The San Jacinto Waste Pits are getting moved after the EPA's plan was approved earlier today.
The San Jacinto Waste Pits are getting moved after the EPA's plan was approved earlier today.
EPA approves San Jacinto Waste Pits cleanup plan
The cleanup plan to address highly toxic dioxin contamination at the San Jacinto Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas has been approved. The selected remedy will protect human health and the environment by removing highly contaminated material from the site and securing less contaminated areas. The plan provides certainty to people living near the site by permanently addressing...
The cleanup plan to address highly toxic dioxin contamination at the San Jacinto Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas has been approved. The selected remedy will protect human health and the environment by removing highly contaminated material from the site and securing less contaminated areas. The plan provides certainty to people living near the site by permanently addressing...
Dioxin dump leaking after hammered by Harvey
Destruction is everywhere. It was the same water which slammed over the Superfund Site where 15,000 truckloads of Dioxin waste have been stored for half a century. Residents like Greg Moss believe the toxin was likely lifted and left in yards and homes.
Destruction is everywhere. It was the same water which slammed over the Superfund Site where 15,000 truckloads of Dioxin waste have been stored for half a century. Residents like Greg Moss believe the toxin was likely lifted and left in yards and homes.
EPA finds high levels of dioxins exposed at San Jacinto Waste Pits
The San Jacinto Waste Pits are dark colored lagoons full of what some are calling cancer-causing dioxins. Representatives with the Galveston Bay Foundation say at one point the contents spilled into the water.
The San Jacinto Waste Pits are dark colored lagoons full of what some are calling cancer-causing dioxins. Representatives with the Galveston Bay Foundation say at one point the contents spilled into the water.
Dioxin removal on San Jacinto opposed by some Galveston groups
Partially submerged in the San Jacinto river lay 15,000 truckloads of cancer causing Dioxin waste.
Partially submerged in the San Jacinto river lay 15,000 truckloads of cancer causing Dioxin waste.
EPA administrator pledges permanent solution for Dioxin pits
Two weeks after Harvey floodwaters rampaged the notorious Dioxin dump known as the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt put his own boots on the ground and his own eyes on the problem, an inspection without precedent.
Two weeks after Harvey floodwaters rampaged the notorious Dioxin dump known as the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt put his own boots on the ground and his own eyes on the problem, an inspection without precedent.
Activists and residents fear flood released Dioxin from Superfund site
A raging river first hammered and then enveloped a toxic dump containing 17,000 truckloads of Dioxin waste. Drone video of the Superfund site confirms extensive damage to exposed areas of the so called "protective cap."
A raging river first hammered and then enveloped a toxic dump containing 17,000 truckloads of Dioxin waste. Drone video of the Superfund site confirms extensive damage to exposed areas of the so called "protective cap."