After cancer-causing chemicals were found in Fifth Ward soil, Houston mayor says cleanup plans are inadequate
The cityโs health department found dioxins in soil samples along the fence line of a Union Pacific rail yard. Mayor Sylvester Turner said during the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival that plans to clean up the contamination should now include relocating residents.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPAโs authority in regulating greenhouse gases
The high court said a cap on power plantsโ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may be a โsensibleโ solution to the climate crisis, but that Congress did not give the Environmental Protection Agency the broad authority to make such requirements. Texas was one of 17 states that joined in the suit.