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Originally published June 14, 2006, on Chron.com at https://tinyurl.com/mk8su5uw. By Roy Kent Staff writer Nestled on the northwest corner of Pasadena adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel, AES Deepwater is trying to be a good neighbor. In the process, the company is looking to stay viable and keep some 70 employees in their jobs. AES…
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Originally published on Jan. 9, 2008, on chron.com at https://tinyurl.com/5jhmb7j2. By Roy Kent Staff writer Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed the lawsuit on behalf of citizens affected by so-called “upset” events, defined as the unpermitted release of air pollutants. The action is the first case in Texas in which citizen groups have tried to…
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Originally published Aug. 31, 2016, on the Houston Chronicle website at https://tinyurl.com/2eujzn2z. By Roy Kent Staff writer As an Army Brat, we moved around a lot when I was a child. From North Carolina to Texas, there were stops in Michigan and two in Germany. After the first stop in Germany, we arrived in South…
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Originally published Aug. 31, 2016, on the Houston Chronicle website at https://tinyurl.com/4ufy3w6b. By Roy Kent Staff writer Houston is a little greener thanks to the efforts of nonprofit organization Trees For Houston, which recently completed its spring planting season. Beginning in January and ending in May, the spring planting season ended with 14,682 trees planted…
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Orginally published Nov. 19, 2020, on chron.com at https://tinyurl.com/538et35b. By Roy Kent Staff writer A child living in poverty may find a cold hard floor is the only place to sleep each night and too many children in the greater Houston region are in this predicament. With that in mind, Houston Furniture Bank — with…