Facing multiple lawsuits, Dow requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters.

The Martin Lake coal-fired power plant in Tatum in 2011. (Tom Pennington For The Texas Tribune, Tom Pennington For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily ...

FREEPORT, Texas — A fire that broke out at the Dow chemical plant in Freeport is now contained and the investigation into what started it begins. It happened at the plant on Brazosport ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Three chemical facilities in Southeast Texas were hit with fines totaling more than $1 million this week for violating environmental regulations, the Texas Commission on ...