Community leaders blame a history of “corporate greed,” negligence and environmental racism for cancer-causing contamination ...

The Trump administration is rolling back a division in the EPA that was designed to help address pollution in Black and ...

HOUSTON — The Fifth Ward community can expect to see $20 million worth of change thanks to a grant from the Environmental ...

HOUSTON – Houston Police are investigating after what appears to be a human skull was found near Buffalo Bayou in the Fifth ...

Ruth Simmons talks about how her upbringing and life illustrate determination and the transforming power of education in the Black History month series.

Trump has halted environmental justice initiatives and complicated federal funding. For the Black United Fund of Texas, this means a lot of uncertainties.

HOUSTON (KIAH) — A recent study from the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and Union Pacific has found high levels of a cancer-causing toxin, dioxin, near a recreation center in a Fifth Ward ...

The contaminated area is surrounded by a basketball court, playground, public park, and swimming pool, which is located across the street from an elementary school.

has completed the most extensive soil testing related to the former Houston Wood Preserving Works site in the Fifth Ward. Initial results from schools and public properties near the site show ...

The final resting place for ancestors who called Houston home back in the 1800s had become a dumping ground. Now, the three-year restoration work begins.