From federal rulemakers all the way down to Kentucky lawmakers, 2025 was full of regulatory wins for mining companies.

Public Health Watch’s podcast highlighted residents’ lack of protection from industrial facilities moving into their neighborhoods — even when deed restrictions were in place. Three months later, the ...

People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

Study finds broad support for government role in health care … Firefighter protective gear may endanger health … Dirty rain ...

Martin Garduño, of Stripe It Up, works on striping the intersection of West 29th and San Gabriel streets on a hot afternoon in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin ...

Ignacio, a construction worker who has toiled in the Texas heat for more than 10 years, suffers from chronic kidney disease and must undergo dialysis 12 hours a week. Experts believe CKD is the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

Krystal Nice has been diagnosed with several mental-health conditions and has struggled to gain approval of monthly disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Credit: Michael ...

A vendor sells bottled water while shading himself with an umbrella at the exit of the Paso del Norte International Bridge during triple-digit temperatures in El Paso, Texas on Thursday, August 7, ...