The Tribune teamed up with PBS NewsHour to tell the story of one Houston family trying to make their flood-damaged home livable again while they wait for federal aid that’s been too slow to arrive.
Environment
Coverage of climate, conservation, natural resources, and environmental policy shaping the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Drought returns to Texas just months after Hurricane Harvey floods state
Just five months after the monster storm gave Texas its wettest month in history, much of the state is now in a drought — including areas that saw historic flooding.
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Environment
Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in plastic bag ban case
Lawyers spent almost an hour in the Texas Supreme Court arguing whether Laredo’s 2015 ban on plastic grocery bags was illegal. The future of bag bans in cities across the state could hinge on the case.
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Hurricane Harvey was year’s costliest U.S. disaster at $125 billion in damages
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria combined with devastating Western wildfires and other natural catastrophes to make 2017 the most expensive year on record for disasters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday.
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How thousands of homes were built inside Houston reservoirs designed to flood (audio)
Last year saw the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season on record. How did we get here? We investigated by wading through the damage left by Hurricane Harvey in Houston.
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Criminal Justice
Relatives report inadequate heating at more than 30 Texas prisons
Relatives of inmates have reported that more than 30 Texas prisons lacked adequate heating during the state’s recent cold snap. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman said Wednesday that all prison units were “operating with adequate heating.”
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Environment
The Texas coastline is slowly disappearing. Here’s how one community is coping.
The Lone Star State’s shoreline is experiencing one of the highest rates of land loss of any coastal area in the country thanks to a combination of subsidence, sea level rise and storm surges.
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In Harvey's Wake
What Texas learned in the wake of Hurricane Harvey
Two Tribune reporters who covered Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath discuss the historic storm’s financial impact, recovery efforts and what citizens and state officials have learned in the wake of the devastating storm.
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Graphics and data reporting
How Texas allows industrial facilities to spew unauthorized air pollution — with few consequences
Revisit our investigation of how thousands of “rogue releases” — when industrial polluters spew noxious chemicals into the air during malfunctions and other unplanned incidents, exceeding permit limits — occur in Texas each year.
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After Harvey, some South Texans more wary than ever about plan to build landfill near floodplain
Months after Hurricane Harvey rainfall triggered the leak of hazardous waste, new scrutiny is being paid to a company’s plan to develop a landfill outside Laredo near a floodplain.