by Dan Ross | May 27, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Detroit, Donald Trump, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Houston, News, petrochemicals, Pollution
Rita Robles’s life is ruled by allergies, the worst effects from which can last for months at a time. She uses rescue inhalers, a nebulizer, and a maintenance inhaler — on top of a slew of other medications. Even then, it’s often not enough. “There are times when I’m outside just walking to the driveway and it’ll feel like something catches in my throat, and it causes me to go into a choking…
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by Salina Arredondo | Dec 31, 2025 | Air Pollution, benzene, Emissions, News Analysis, Petrochemical Industry, petrochemicals, Pollution, Public Health, Regulation, superfund site, Texas, toxic chemicals
SAN JACINTO RIVER, Texas — Over the past 30 years, federal and state agencies in Texas have allowed hundreds of oil and chemical barges to amass in a once-tranquil section of the San Jacinto River, just east of Houston. Only about 100 barges were on the six-mile stretch of water in 1990, according to a Public Health Watch analysis of archival satellite imagery. Today, at least 600 crowd the…
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