Posted on · The National Transportation Safety Board this week issued its initial report on a March 2014 collision in the Houston Ship Channel between the bulk carrier Summer Wind and the Miss Susan tow in lower Galveston Bay, which led to an oil spill and temporary closure of the channel. While the accident occurred on a foggy […]
Posted on · This week, News 88.7 Energy and Environment reporter Dave Fehling is examining the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on its fifth anniversary. The first installment looked at whether drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is any safer today than it was when the accident happened in 2010. In the second and final installment, he looks at […]
Posted on · Michael Hagerty talks with filmmaker Margaret Brown.
Posted on · Five years ago Monday, an oil well exploded deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven crewmen were killed on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. That deadly incident was just the start of what became an all-out environmental catastrophe, as millions of barrels of crude oil spilled […]
Posted on · According to Pemex's official Twitter account, the platform, called Abkatun Permanente, caught fire early Wednesday in Campeche Sound in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted on · Dolphins are dying in the Gulf of Mexico, but the cause has become a point of contention between one of the world's biggest oil companies and a wildlife group.
Posted on · A eight-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel remains closed one day after a ship collision caused a chemical spill. Coast Guard officials say the clean-up will take several more days.
Posted on · Back in March, a barge in Galveston Bay struck a ship and sprung a leak. Nearly 170,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay. The carrier was being guided by an experienced pilot, Mike Pizzitola. But according to federal court documents and other records obtained by the Houston Chronicle, Pizzitola has been involved in two […]
Posted on · Back in March, a barge in Galveston Bay struck a ship and sprung a leak. Nearly 170,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay. The carrier was being guided by an experienced pilot, Mike Pizzitola. But according to federal court documents and other records obtained by the Houston Chronicle, Pizzitola has been involved in two […]
Posted on · More than 90,000 people from more than 120 countries are expected to attend the 45th Offshore Technology Conference this week. Oil and gas industry executives, scientists and engineers will have access to the latest technical information and equipment. It's also an opportunity for local students and professionals to network. On this edition of Houston Matters, […]
Posted on · Investigators are still looking into the accident while the legal battle begins.
Posted on · Recent reports show the nesting grounds of the Kemp's ridley, dropped by 30 percent in 2010 and continues its decline.
Posted on · Environmentalists are banking on the limestone structure to restore Matagorda Bay.
Posted on · Volunteers look for what leaked when a barge carrying fuel oil collided with a ship.
Posted on · Tar balls from the oil spill in Galveston Bay have reached Mustang Island and the beaches of Port Aransas along the southern Texas Coast.