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Port Houston

Port Houston, or the Port of Houston Authority, is the public body that owns the Houston Ship Channel and operates one of the largest ports in the U.S.

  • If the Ship Channel is deepened to 55 feet, the Bayport Container Terminal could welcome newer carbon-neutral cargo vessels. Photo: Port Houston.

    We need to change course on the Ship Channel expansion

    By Ken Adler
    08.15.2023

  • Vicki Cruz grew up in Houston's East End. Photo: Elizabeth Conley.

    No more 'sacrifice zones.' It's time for Port Houston to become a good neighbor.

    By Allyn West
    09.6.2021

  • Diesel-burning dredges employed to widen and deepen the Ship Channel will emit even more pollutants into already overburdened communities.

    Emissions from Port Houston's Ship Channel expansion will add to communities' existing environmental burden

    By Houston Chronicle
    09.9.2021

  • Dredging the Ship Channel with old, dirty, diesel-burning equipment to make it safer for ships ignores the dangers of air pollution to people.

    Port Houston wants to be an environmental leader, but their nearly $1 billion dredging project goes the wrong way

    By Elena Craft
    12.18.2020

  • Port Houston workers move cotton in the 1950s. Photo: Texas State Historical Association.

    Place, public health and Port Houston: A conversation with Jennifer Hadayia

    By Aubrey Calaway
    12.9.2021

  • While Port Houston’s pollution is hardly unique for a major port, rival ports are developing cohesive strategies to move toward cleaner, healthier practices.

    Port Houston can't do better by the environment without better goals

    By Houston Chronicle
    12.10.2021

  • This sediment deposit site in Pleasantville has been dormant since the 1950s, when a levee wall broke and flooded nearly 40 blocks of the community. Photo: Annie Mulligan for the Environmental Defense Fund.

    The Army Corps doesn't know what's in the dirt

    By Allyn West
    07.7.2023

  • During Project 11, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to add dredged sediment from the Ship Channel to existing deposit sites like this in Pleasantville. Photo: Annie Mulligan for the Environmental Defense Fund. Illustration: Evan O'Neil.

    What is Port Houston's Project 11?

    By Emily Hynds
    07.6.2023

  • Our transportation system is the largest source of the pollution changing our climate; 90 percent of ships, trucks, trains, and other vehicles are powered by fossil fuels.

    How ports can use the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to protect public health and act on climate

    By Elena Craft
    03.10.2022

  • The dredge materials are loaded with contaminants, sampling shows. Photo of the Ship Channel: Brendan Gibbons. Illustration: Evan O'Neil.

    To expand the Houston Ship Channel, the Army Corps intends to dump on the same communities as always

    By Brendan Gibbons
    03.6.2023

  • Emissions from the diesel-burning dredges and other equipment Port Houston had planned to use could have released as much air pollution as a refinery.

    Port Houston will use less-polluting equipment for Ship Channel expansion

    By Houston Chronicle
    10.12.2021

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