
Energy & Environment
A petrochemical company wants to expand in Houston’s East End. The city says air pollution levels are already too high
Posted on · Environmental groups say the company, TPC, regularly violates environmental standards.
Posted on · Environmental groups say the company, TPC, regularly violates environmental standards.
Posted on · State documents show facilities released some 700,000 pounds of excess air pollutants last week, as they faced electrical outages and equipment failures due to the severe winter weather.
Posted on · In a surprising vote, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rejected a staff-proposed penalty against TPC Group's Port Neches chemical plant — which was rocked by explosions last month — for a slew of 2018 pollution violations and asked that they be referred to the Texas Attorney General's Office.