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A coalition of environmental groups claims the EPA has failed for decades to update limits on the discharge of some dangerous chemicals into waterways. Most of the worst polluters are in Texas.

The City of Beaumont and the City of Baytown are no longer under consideration to become the new home of Battleship Texas, according to Baytown officials.

If you hear rumbling or see bright orange flames and smoke coming from various plants along the Houston Ship Channel, there is no need to panic as this is a planned operation.

Texas’ environmental regulators make it tricky for residents to track, or speak out against, industrial projects proposed near their homes. Advocates in Houston built a high-tech workaround.

The greatest challenge in recent years for the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars has been a leaky hull that's raised concerns it could sink.

Summer just started, yet somehow you’ve already run out of ideas to keep the kids busy. Here, we offer some low-key, low-cost suggestions that won’t break the bank.

The $1 billion expansion project will be the 11th major improvement project the Houston Ship Channel has undergone in its more than 150-year history as a commercial waterway, Congressman Al Green’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.

The agency says there’s a 65% chance the Atlantic’s hurricane season will be busier than normal and predicts three to six major hurricanes.

A Good Samaritan was recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard for his heroic actions when he assisted a motorist in distress at the Lynchburg Ferry Terminal in Baytown, Texas.

There’s one last chance to visit Battleship Texas before the 108-year-old dreadnought departs its berth at the San Jacinto Battleground in east Harris County, the ship’s location since 1948.

Work was halted on the replacement Ship Channel bridge project nearly two years ago however, just this week, Harris County Commissioner’s approved a funding plan to get the project back on track.

Located on the Houston Ship Channel, the San Jacinto Monument, a 567.31-foot-high obelisk, looms over the battlefield where Sam Houston’s Texian army won Texas its independence back in 1836. Typically, visitors can ascend the incredible monument to the observation deck, situated at an altitude of around 480 feet. There, visitors can enjoy a view at the 8.4-acre reflecting pool and the Houston Ship Channel below.

Air pollution monitoring in 2019 and 2020 show levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, in neighborhoods along the Houston Ship Channel that pose health threats to the largely Hispanic residents living in that area.

The future use and price tag of a billion-dollar ship channel project remain unclear as a new group redesigns the bridge to address safety concerns raised more than two years ago.

The bulk of the emissions released during the winter storm and power crisis in Texas last week were from the Houston region, according to an analysis by Texas environmental groups. Plants tripping offline in the extreme cold led the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to order power outages to avoid overloading the grid. Those facilities spewed 3.5 million pounds of additional pollution in the air during the power crisis, according to an analysis of notices by Texas environmental groups Environmental Defense Fund, Environment Texas and Air Alliance Houston. AdThat’s nearly as much air pollution released last summer during Hurricane Laura, when facilities in the Beaumont and Port Arthur area reported releasing an estimated 4 million pounds of emissions, according to the Houston Chronicle. Nearly 200 facilities in 54 counties reported excess air emissions between Feb. 11 and Monday, according to the analysis.

HOUSTON – Several congressional Republicans met in Houston on Tuesday to decry President Joe Biden’s energy policies, which they said will have a negative impact on Texas. The Republican leaders are referring to Biden’s executive order aimed at tackling climate change. “You’re destroying the Texas economy,” said U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-District 2). AdHowever, if you ask University of Houston Chief Energy Officer Ramanan Krishnamoorti about the executive order, his outlook isn’t as bleak. “This executive order, in my opinion, in the short term, is going to have very little impact on the energy industry in Houston,” said Krishnamoorti.

HOUSTON Potentially millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted over a bridge thats been under construction for years. Several months later, while construction on the Houston bridge continued, the county hired an independent engineering firm to review the design. Almost a year later, in early 2020, the independent firm identified 21 significant design issues and some of the bridge construction was stopped. Garcia blames prior county leadership for, in his words, turning a blind eye. But problems with the Houston bridge design were discovered under his watch, as far back as one year ago.

HOUSTON The body of a boater missing since Saturday was recovered in Houston Ship Channel late Monday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Officials said Shawn Scarbroughs body was found near marker 69 Monday. The 12-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps went missing Saturday after he was thrown from an 18-foot boat without a life jacket about five miles east of Kemah Saturday evening. It was reported to officials that the vessel operators seat broke, causing him to sharply turn the wheel. Multiple agencies were involved in the search for Scarbrough including the U.S. Coast Guard, the Kemah Fire Department, Seabrook Police Department and the Chambers County Sheriffs Office.