The first blast at the TPC plant in Port Neches, located in Jefferson County near the Louisiana border, lit up the sky around 1 a.m. The town is located east of Houston and inland from the Gulf of ...

The blast occurred in an area of the plant that makes butadiene, a chemical used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber and other products. The plant has 175 full-time employees and 50 contract ...

People who live by the Manor Co. Chemical Plant are demanding answers after a fire on the site. Manor Co. still hasn’t released any information, and for some, this isn’t the first time they’ve watched ...

The proposed measure is also intended to address short-term emissions spikes when plants start up, shut down and malfunction. If the proposal is finalized, it would impact roughly 200 chemical ...

Equistar Chemicals, a partnership that is 70.5 percent owned by Houston-based Lyondell, has agreed to sell its Bayport polypropylene-making unit, with annual capacity of 400 million pounds.

He was Todd Keil's boss. Beers told CBS News that 120 chemical plants pose a severe risk -- and of those 120, his program had done preliminary inspections on 11.