Air Alliance explains Carbon Capture benefits, risks
CHIC Meeting hears how new technology would improve Ship Channel environment A proposal by ExxonMobil in 2021 calling on industry along the Houston Ship Channel and the federal […]
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Environmental Group finds Hazardous Chemicals in Ship Channel sediment dump sites in Galena Park, seeks more testing
By Elena Bruess GALENA PARK – A coalition of local organizations released testing results Tuesday that found elevated levels of hazardous chemicals, including arsenic, cadmium and dioxins, in […]
Community leaders concerned about toxic sediment in proposed Ship Channel landfills
Public meeting with EPA and Corps on June 22nd HOUSTON — Concerned with the health and environmental risks connected to Port Houston’s $1 billion expansion of the Houston […]
GP/JC CIP MEETING: Progress Report on Ship Channel Bridge
NORTH CHANNEL – The GP/JC CIP group (Community-Industry-Partnership) met last Thursday evening by Zoom, to hear industry reports and an progress report from HCTRA (Harris County Toll Road […]
HEROIC GP FIREFIGHTERS STOP A CATASTROPHE
By Allan Jamail GALENA PARK, TX — May 8, 2021 — Early Saturday morning, according to Tom Ehlers, Galena Park’s (GP) Fire Chief, his department responded to a […]
Growth spurs Houston Port to Fast-Track Channel Widening
The Port of Houston is working to accelerate the widening of its ship channel after reporting its third straight year of double-digit volume growth, much of it from […]
Protesters on Hartman Bridge arrested
GREENPEACE protesters hang from the side of the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown last Thursday, with colorful flags blowing in the breeze to call attention to their stunt. […]
Port Houston Hosts National Maritime Workforce Conference
Port Houston hosted the Shared Quarters National Maritime Workforce Conference at the San Jacinto Maritime Technology & Training Center in 2018. The conference attracted industry professionals and educators […]
Divers recover body of driver of semi that plunged off I-10 into the River
EAST HARRIS COUNTY – For the third time in the last two months, a vehicle has plunged over the side of a highway bridge, and the occupant was […]
Unified command responding to collision on Houston Ship Channel
HOUSTON — May 10, 2019 – A unified command has been established to respond to a collision on the Houston Ship Channel at Light 71-74 between a 755- […]