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The Clash Between a Giant Coal Plant and Houston's Booming Suburbs [View all]
Climate & Environment
The Clash Between a Giant Coal Plant and Houston’s Booming Suburbs
A Texas power station is a major producer of the pollutant sulfur dioxide. Neighbors are taking notice.
The W.A. Parish power plant can generate roughly 5% of Texas’ electricity.
By Kris Maher and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky | Photography by Danielle Villasana
May 21, 2026 5:30 am ET
THOMPSONS, Texas—One of the fastest-growing counties in the nation is also home to one of its biggest coal-fired power plants: the W.A. Parish Generating Station.
The plant, in Fort Bend County, is the largest in Texas and can generate about 5% of the state’s electricity. It also contributes to air pollution in Houston and haze as far away as Arkansas. Now its towering stacks are fueling residents’ concerns about the air they are breathing.
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The Clash Between a Giant Coal Plant and Houston’s Booming Suburbs
A Texas power station is a major producer of the pollutant sulfur dioxide. Neighbors are taking notice.
The W.A. Parish power plant can generate roughly 5% of Texas’ electricity.
By Kris Maher and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky | Photography by Danielle Villasana
May 21, 2026 5:30 am ET
THOMPSONS, Texas—One of the fastest-growing counties in the nation is also home to one of its biggest coal-fired power plants: the W.A. Parish Generating Station.
The plant, in Fort Bend County, is the largest in Texas and can generate about 5% of the state’s electricity. It also contributes to air pollution in Houston and haze as far away as Arkansas. Now its towering stacks are fueling residents’ concerns about the air they are breathing.
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