Across the street from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Houston headquarters, Jessica Koch pulled up a smartphone photo of her 4-year-old daughter, her little face smeared with blood.

The noise is bad, but for people in several neighborhoods in Port Allen, the biggest problem is the dust. Since a new cement plant opened on American Way, residents say their yards, cars and other ...

A new concrete batching facility in Greenpoint is stirring up dust and controversy as locals, outraged by what they say is outright pollution of the air and water, urge regulators to crack down.

GREENPOINT — A RECENTLY OPENED concrete batch plant in Greenpoint has been blanketing the neighborhood in dangerous concrete dust and possibly causing cracks in adjacent buildings, neighbors told the ...

As Texans grapple with an influx of concrete batch plants and the toxic dust they sometimes bring to nearby homes, schools and parks, new restrictions to regulate them appear to again be hitting a ...

Communities statewide have demanded that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strengthen environmental regulations for concrete batch plants, which combine raw materials such as sand, water ...

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 ...

A pile of landfill sits on the property of a proposed batch concrete plant in 2023. A concrete batch plant is planned for the location. Brandon McElroy was vacationing in Italy last month when he ...