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Texas turned an abandoned golf course into a 200-acre flood-control landscape; while still unfinished during Hurricane Harvey it held 100 million gallons of water

Exploration Green in Clear Lake City, Texas, transformed a former golf course into a 200-acre green space with stormwater detention lakes, wetlands and recreation areas. The project was created to help reduce flooding in the community, with its five planned detention lakes capable of storing 500 million gallons of water.

The Times of India

‘Living in survival mode’: Houston’s embattled immigrant community faces health, climate and petrochemical crises

Amid immigration raids, chemical spills, massive floods and costly healthcare, less-affluent residents of one of the most diverse US cities struggle to pull through

The Guardian - US

Federal officials close discrimination case over Texas’ distribution of Hurricane Harvey aid

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ended a yearslong investigation into how the General Land Office handled $1 billion in disaster aid.

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Government liable for damage to homes near Houston dams during Hurricane Harvey floods, court rules

The ruling came in a lawsuit from a group of homeowners and could be appealed. An estimated 14,000 homes were inside the Addicks and Barker reservoirs when Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain in 2017.

The Texas Tribune

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local flood control district estimates that at least one major flood occurs within its service area every two years.

The Conversation

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Fortune

Hurricane Harvey destroyed this Texas county’s courthouse. Eight years later, it’s still not finished.

The Aransas County courthouse was supposed to open in 2023. But officials have faced voter backlash and a constant stream of design and construction problems that have delayed the opening.

The Texas Tribune

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AmeriCorps cuts leave people who serve and community organizations scrambling for alternatives

A nonprofit organization based in rural Brazoria County outside of Houston, Mosaic in Action, came around years after Hurricane Harvey to help a homeowner with roof repairs and mold remediation

The Independent UK

Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over

The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.

The Texas Tribune

Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston still hasn’t allocated $200 million in relief funds

Both the state and the city of Houston say they want to work together to help pay down the remaining funds.

The Texas Tribune

Hurricane Harvey more than doubled the acidity of Texas' Galveston Bay, threatening oyster reefs

Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have dire consequences for marine life and coastal ocean ecosystems.

The Conversation

Hurricane Ian could worsen inequality

Poor and non-white communities are often hardest hit — but FEMA disproportionately aids whiter, wealthier areas

Salon

How Hurricane Ian and other disasters are becoming a growing source of inequality – even among the middle class

Friendswood, Texas, is the type of community that one might think of as a “best case scenario” when it comes to recovering from a disaster.

The Conversation

“It’s destroying me”: Storm after storm, climate change increases strain on Texans’ mental health

Tens of thousands of coastal Texas residents have survived repeated extreme weather events including Hurricane Harvey. For many, it has taken an emotional toll, and researchers warn that climate change could be “catastrophic” for our mental health.

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The Independent UK

HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim

A deadline has passed with no resolution over whether Texas will settle a dispute over claims it discriminated against minority residents in how it distributed flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey

Salon

Hurricane Harvey still causing suffering

Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?

Los Angeles Times

More sea turtles than ever are hanging out in LA

LOS ANGELES — In the 1950 movie “Harvey,” James Stewart befriends a 6-foot rabbit no one else can see. The invisible hare came to mind when my colleague Steven Banks described a sighting he had while kayaking at night in the waters off Marina del Rey.

The Independent UK

HUD says Texas agency discriminated in flood relief funding

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says Texas’ administration of flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey broke federal law by discriminating against Black and Hispanic residents of the Houston area

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