air and water polltion News

Texas Officials Warn Against Eating Fish From Bays After Ship Channel Crash

Texas health officials have advised people not to fish or eat seafood from parts of some Houston-area bays as cleanup continues following last week’s tanker and barges accident and toxic leak. An official with the Texas Department of State Health …

Official: Houston Ship Channel Restrictions Could Continue All Week

The Houston Ship Channel could remain under one-way travel restrictions all week following a collision between a deep-draft ship and a barge that spilled petrochemicals into the waterway, according to an official. About 9,000 barrels of gasoline spilled into the …

Houston Ship Channel Reopens After Collision Pollutes Air, Water

The Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic on Sunday after a vessel collision dumped almost 400,000 gallons of a gasoline ingredient and choked suburbs of the U.S. city with noxious fumes. A U.S. Coast Guard-led response team has begun …