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Braskem commissions new plant in La Porte

The largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas announced the commissioning of a new polyethylene production plant at its La Porte, Texas site. Braskem sells high-performance ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene engineered-polymer under the trade name UTEC. The La Porte production plant increases Braskem's footprint in the United States. Earlier this year, the company enhanced its research and development capabilities at the company’s [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:56+00:00October 18th, 2016|Houston News|Comments Off

Court of Appeals clears International Paper for mill waste claim

The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas, sitting in Houston, unanimously affirmed the jury’s verdict that International Paper Company (IP) was not liable for large civil penalties as a result of the discharge of dioxin-contaminated paper mill waste. The decision released on October 6, 2016 concerned a plant owned by IP's predecessor in Pasadena [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:56+00:00October 11th, 2016|Chemical Plant Accidents, Houston News, Pasadena Texas News|Comments Off

Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, other cities tested for Chromium 6

The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment, analyzed federal data from nationwide drinking water tests conducted from 2013 to 2015. The study shows communities throughout the U.S. are contaminated with the toxin Chromium 6. Chromium 6 is a toxin made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich, [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:56+00:00September 27th, 2016|Deer Park News, Houston News, Pasadena Texas News|Comments Off

LyondellBasell picks new Houston plant location

LyondellBasell has announced the location for its new $700 million polyethylene plant at its manufacturing complex in La Porte, Texas, on the south shore of the Houston Ship Channel. Construction on the new plant is scheduled to begin in early 2017, and it should wrap up in 2019. The new project will create as many [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:56+00:00September 13th, 2016|Houston News|Comments Off

Overturned truck near La Porte Freeway

A big rig overturned early Tuesday morning on the 610 Loop in southeast Houston near Highway 225. The accident happened around 3 a.m., but there's no information regarding any injuries or the cause of the truck accident. Hazmat teams helped clear the scene near the La Porte Freeway. The exit ramp from the East Loop to [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:57+00:00August 2nd, 2016|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Houston News, Trucking Accidents|Comments Off

Houston-area dentist drugged and fondled teen

A Houston-area pediatric dentist drugged a teenage girl and fondled her, according to prosecutors. Joshua Robbins, a pediatric dentist, is charged with attempted indecency with a child. He used drugs from work to dose the drink of a friend's daughter, who was 16 at the time, and then touch her inappropriately. Robbins has surrendered his [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:57+00:00July 26th, 2016|Houston News|Comments Off

Suspect charged in rock throwing case

Kenneth Johnson suffered brain damage as a result of a rock coming through his windshield on June 14, 2014. Two years later, he still has difficulty talking and walks with a cane. His case was one of the early cases in a string of more than 90 cases regarding rock throwing. Last week Austin police [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:57+00:00June 21st, 2016|Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Houston News, Pasadena Texas News, Personal Injury|Comments Off

Teen charged in student’s death

A 15-year-old suspect has been charged in the death of a student from South Houston whose body was found in an abandoned apartment complex. The body of 15-year-old Karen Perez was found Tuesday by volunteers at the 1600 block of Avenue N near Shaver across the street from South Houston High School. Perez was last [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:58+00:00June 7th, 2016|Houston News|Comments Off

California vet behind Houston shooting

The family members of an army vet from California, whom they say was "troubled," says he was the shooter who killed one and injured several others in a shooting at a Houston auto shop. 25-year-old Dionisio Garza III of Rancho Cucamonga, California was identified by his family as being the man who shot and killed [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:58+00:00May 31st, 2016|Houston News, Shooting|Comments Off

FBI looking into Texas cruise ship death

Federal agents are probing the death of a Texas woman who was lost at sea last week. The mother of four apparently fell off the cruise ship's deck as it traveled from Galveston to Cozumel, Mexico. The body of Samantha Broberg, 33, has not yet been found. The FBI says that they're coordinating with Carnival [...]

By admin2|2017-10-10T15:11:58+00:00May 17th, 2016|Houston News|Comments Off