Cleanup of the highly toxic San Jacinto Waste Pits must continue as planned, the Environmental Protection Agency said — rejecting a request from the companies responsible for the site to pause the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining the next steps for the design of the northern pits cleanup at the San Jacinto River. According to a Houston-based organization, Texas Health ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended for three months the time two companies responsible for cleaning up dangerous toxins in the San Jacinto River have to submit a revised mitigation ...

Jackie Medcalf, right, speaks to the media at a September 16 press conference regarding an Environmental Protection Agency order for the San Jacinto River Toxic Waste Pits Superfund Site. Credit: ...

Two companies on the hook for toxic waste in Houston's San Jacinto River got an ultimatum from the Environmental Protection Agency this month: fix their "seriously deficient" plan for cleanup or face ...

U.S. Rep. Gene Green recently joined other government officials in calling on the public for opinions on the proposed Superfund clean-up site in the San Jacinto River, and to offer information about ...

EAST COVENTRY — The new owners of 80 acres of farmland off Bethel Church Road hope to soon begin construction on a concrete pit that can hold as much as 1.4 million gallons of food waste. The farm is ...