Galveston Bay News

The March oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel is just one of the hundreds of spills occurring in Galveston Bay each year. The Houston Chronicle reports that statistics from the Houston Advanced Research Center show that Galveston Bay has …

Cleanup efforts have begun after a barge carrying nearly a million gallons of thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Texas’ Galveston Bay. Coast Guard Petty Officer Andy Kendrick said Sunday morning that skimmers are recovering the oil that …