The TCEQ is weighing how to implement two new state laws that could tighten oversight of concrete batch plants.

Houston led the U.S. in new home construction in 2023, and that expansion has driven a heavy demand for concrete. The spinning drums of racing ready-mix trucks are a common sight along city ...

As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly ...

An 83-foot-tall concrete-mixing silo could be coming to a property in Fortville where CLM Pallet Recycling operates. FORTVILLE — Opposition is mounting toward a proposed concrete-mixing plant, ...

Activists are trying to rally residents of the Northline neighborhood to call for greater environmental protections at a public hearing over the reapproval of an environmental permit of a longstanding ...

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After living through years of construction on State Highway 170, Jean McTaggart thought the headaches were over for her far north Fort Worth neighborhood. That was until she heard about a proposed ...

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Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. Read full article: Driver hits fire ...