These Houston Residents Dream of Moving to Where the Air is Clear January 3, 2020 By Loren Elliott HOUSTON — On the east side of Houston, the white plumes of the Texas oil and chemical refineries are a...
Chemical Leak Set Off Fire that Shut Houston Shipping Channel October 31, 2019 HOUSTON — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said on Wednesday a fuel leak, possibly due to open valves and a...
Coast Guard Partially Opens Houston Ship Channel After Collision May 13, 2019 The U.S. Coast Guard partially opened the Houston Ship Channel near Bayport, Texas, on Saturday after a collision spilled an...
Trial to Determine if Government Liable for Harvey Flooding May 8, 2019 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON — Residents seeking compensation after their Houston-area homes and businesses were flooded by two federally owned reservoirs during Hurricane...
Investigators to Begin Hunt for Cause of Texas Petrochemical Disaster April 2, 2019 By Collin Eaton and Erwin Seba U.S. investigators hope this week for the first time to enter the site of a massive fuel fire and chemical...
Chemical Disaster Zone Remains No-Go Zone Two Weeks After Blaze April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Two weeks after a chemical storage complex near Houston erupted in flames and menaced tens of thousands of people with...
Firefighters at Houston Chemical Disaster Scrambled for Foam April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Firefighters confronted with the worst Gulf Coast industrial disaster in 14 years had to call on outside sources to augment...
Houston Channel Importance Swelled as Oil, Gas Exports Rose March 27, 2019 By Ben Foldy About the photo: A ship is docked on the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston. Photographer: Loren...
Shipping Resumes in Houston Channel Fouled by Chemical Spill March 26, 2019 The U.S. Gulf Coast’s most important industrial waterway partially reopened on Monday after it was polluted with cancer-causing benzene and...
Houston Ship Channel Remains Closed as Plume Leaches Benzene March 25, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Rachel Adams-Heard Some vessels will be allowed to enter a tributary to the Houston Ship Channel this morning but more than 60...