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Historic treatment of rail ties in the Houston, Texas Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods has exposed residents to cancer-causing soil contamination. [1] Creosote and its extenders were used in wood preservation processes at a nearby rail yard and have been identified as carcinogens that are hazardous to human health. [2]
Due to the false statements made by Goines and Bryant concerning the raid, Houston police began a systematic review of some combined 14,000 cases which had been handled by the officers in Goines' squad. [39] By the end of 2021, more than 160 of those cases had been dismissed.
The Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS) was established in 1995 by Juan Parras and Ana Parras under its original name, Unidos Contra Environmental Racism. The organization was born out of a commitment to environmental justice, focusing on addressing environmental hazards that disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
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Tyler Harrington and his wife were asleep in their beds when four Harris County, Texas, Constable Officers burst into their home and held the terrified couple at gunpoint. While the cops ...
It's called waving a "false flag," using a green-sounding name on an anti-environmental organization. Most of these groups do (or did, many have fleeting existences) exactly the opposite of what ...
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report on June 29, 2023. According to the CSB "On the day prior to the incident, January 23, 2020, the coating booth operators shut down the individual booths following a normal workday, and the Coating Supervisor closed and locked the coating building.
A former Houston police officer who led a 2019 deadly drug raid that prompted a probe which revealed systemic corruption problems within the police department’s narcotics unit and resulted in ...