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	Texas just paused Union Pacific permit at contaminated Houston rail yard. Lawsuit threat pays off.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/31/2022	2 doc(s)	Cancer; Environmental cleanup; Environmental permits; Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on; Railroads; Union Pacific
	Politicians said they’d fight for rail yard cleanup in Fifth Ward. They also took rail PAC cash.	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	05/19/2022	1 doc(s)	Alvarado, Carol; Blacks or African Americans; Campaign contributors; Cancer; Legislative campaign contributions; Miles, Borris; Political action committees; Public health; Railroads; Turner, Sylvester; Union Pacific
	Decades later, hazardous sludge continues to leak in Fifth Ward. Will a state meeting bring change?	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	04/28/2022	2 doc(s)	Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.; Hazardous substances; Houston, Texas; Soil pollution; Union Pacific
	'They are being exposed': Experts fear lead poisoning makes Fifth Ward one of 'hundreds of Flints'	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	10/12/2021	6 doc(s)	Lead contamination; Water pipelines; Water quality management
	'Stop wasting our time': Fifth Ward rail yard meeting dominated by frustration, confusion	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	06/23/2021	1 doc(s)	Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on; Groundwater pollution; Miles, Borris; Railroads; Union Pacific
	'It's very scary': Childhood leukemia cluster frightens neighborhood in Houston's Fifth Ward	Houston Chronicle	Dellinger, H.	01/25/2021	1 doc(s)	Cancer; Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on; Groundwater pollution; Superfund; Turner, Sylvester; Union Pacific