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Does climate change play a role in infectious diseases like COVID-19?
Scientists don’t know yet whether weather plays a role in spread of the new coronavirus, but it’s clear climate is related to disease.
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Judge rules in favor of Harris County in Exxon case
The county and the state have been racing to the courthouse after a serues of chemical incidents in the Houston starting in March 2019.
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Texas oil and gas greenhouse pollution could negate progress on emissions, report says
While greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. fell about 2 percent last year, some of that progress is being undercut by continued expansion of oil and gas industry.
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Texas sues Exxon Mobil over environmental violations from Baytown fire
The state of Texas filed suit against the petrochemical giant days after Harris County sued the company over a July 31 fire.
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Did Harvey make us sick? Still more questions than answers
Scores of flood victims across the region now being studied and tallied as researchers scramble to grasp the potentially immense long-term health toll Harvey exacted. While it could be years, if not decades, to know the region’s final prognosis, some of the early evidence is troubling.
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Silent Spills Part 2: For Crosby residents, a ‘bitter taste’ about Arkema, and little help from government
Six months after the Arkema accident, Crosby residents say they still know very little about any potential health effects from the flood and the fires.
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Silent Spills Part 1: In Houston and beyond, Harvey’s spills leave a toxic legacy
As first responders and residents struggled to save lives and property during the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey, the toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed.
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