7 Months After Harvey, Flood-Control Projects’ Fate Unclear

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By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Seven months later, local officials are still looking for funding to undertake plans that include a new…

EPA Says Dioxins Might Have Washed Downriver During Harvey

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EPA says dioxins might have washed downriver during Harvey By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says an unknown amount of a dangerous chemical linked to birth defects and cancer may have washed downriver from a Houston-area Superfund site during the flooding from Hurricane Harvey. EPA said Thursday night it has…