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Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

This article was originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit news organization based in San Antonio. ARLINGTON, Texas—The 10-mile stretch of drill sites and compressor stations between the far ...

Texas Health and Environment Alliance founder Jackie Medcalf stands near the San Jacinto River in Highlands, Texas. For the past eight months, Medcalf has pushed the state to release ...

In the spring of 1977, federal workplace-safety regulators were confronted with a grim government study. Current and former employees of two Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Ohio had been using ...

Houston pediatrician D. Maneesh Kumar talks with his young patient, Maya, who was born with a rare genetic disorder. Maya’s family relies on Medicaid to cover the expensive treatment and care she ...

Standing before the United Nations last month, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed long-held animosity for the body dating back decades to when his company was apparently rejected for a renovations ...

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Billionaire industrialist William Koch had a problem in 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was tightening regulations for sulfur dioxide, or SO 2, a noxious gas that damages the lungs and ...

For years, the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been releasing large quantities of a carcinogen with the state's knowledge. Regulators say they're working on a solution, but ...