Houston Matters
Texas City is a character in Sean Baker’s ‘Red Rocket’
Posted on · We talk with the director of an acclaimed new movie shot on location in the refinery environments of Texas City, Galveston, Port Arthur, and San Leon.
Tag: Port Arthur
Health & Science
Small plant, big polluter
Posted on · Thanks to a loophole in the Clean Air Act, William Koch’s Oxbow plant in Port Arthur, Texas, puts out 10 times as much lung-damaging sulfur dioxide as its industrial neighbors. People who live nearby have asked the state for help, to no avail.
Energy & Environment
Port Arthur Residents Call For Civil Rights Probe Into How Texas Has Handled Air Pollution In Their Neighborhood
Posted on · In a petition to the EPA, residents allege Texas has failed to adequately address sulfur dioxide emissions from the Oxbow Calcining plant, impacting the predominantly low income, black neighborhood.
Hurricane Laura
PHOTOS: Some Damage, But Mostly Relief As Hurricane Laura Passes Through Texas
Posted on · The Category 4 storm had threatened the Texas-Louisiana coast all week. But the storm spared Greater Houston and most of Southeast Texas after its last-minute turn east.
Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura Is Forcing Texans To Evacuate. But Some Say They Can’t Afford To Leave
Posted on · Local officials in Texas and Louisiana have asked hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate as Hurricane Laura headed for the Gulf Coast. But some residents say they can't afford to leave.
Hurricane Laura
Laura Now Forecast To Be A Catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane
Posted on · The National Hurricane Center says Laura's top sustained winds are near 115 mph with higher gusts.
Houston Matters
How Texas Shaped Janis Joplin And Her Music
Posted on · Holly George-Warren offers an unprecedented look at the rock icon in her new biography.
News
Temporary Dump In Storm-Ravaged Port Arthur Has Been Closed
Posted on · City of Port Arthur spokeswoman Risa Carpenter says the site was closed Sunday as contractors finished their first sweep of ruined furniture and appliances left curbside in the Gulf Coast city.