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 [...]
A local mother blames the lack of sidewalks for her son’s death. The local high school student died after being struck by a vehicle while on his way to school. Krenek Road, by Crosby High School, has no sidewalks and there are deep ditches on either side of it. The mother said her son was on his way to [...]
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, [...]
According to Pasadena Police, an off-duty deputy chased after and fired upon a shoplifter, with one bullet ricocheting and striking his own leg. Sunday afternoon a shoplifter at Marshalls on Fairmont Parkway in Pasadena grabbed a stack of clothes and ran out of the building. An off-duty deputy with Precinct 5 happened to be in [...]
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 [...]
A man was hospitalized yesterday after being burned at an energy facility in Channelview. The 32-year-old man was flown to the hospital by Life Flight after being injured by a steam burn. The plant in Channelview where the man was burnt is next door to Lyondell Basell's facility. The man's condition is unknown at this [...]
The Pasadena Police Department confirmed that a motorcyclist died after colliding with a car on Friday evening. The accident occurred Friday evening around 11:30 on Pasadena Boulevard at Lafferty. According to police, the motorcyclist was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed, and at a curve in the road a car making a turn [...]
Undercover La Porte police officers arrested three people in addition to seizing a large amount of drugs in an undercover drug bust. Investigators received a tip regarding possible drug activity in the 2800 block of East B Street, and surveillance showed that residents were selling Xanax and methamphetamine in addition to marijuana and other drug [...]
A worker at a plant in Deer Park, Texas, suffered burns when liquid splashed on the individual. The incident occurred at the Delta Companies Group plant near the Pasadena Freeway and Tidal Road. According to the company, the worker was transferring a corrosive liquid when the liquid splashed. The employee was taken to the hospital [...]
A man was killed in a trench collapse in Brazoria County in a deadly construction site accident. The construction accident took place near Highway 6, but the details of the accident are still unclear. The accident happened near Savannah Parkway. Source: ABC13.com, "Man killed in construction accident in Brazoria County," August 8, 2016