Neches

Bob Neches, an independent voter, said he supports Boxer because he's disturbed by what he views as an overreaction by tea partiers regarding steps taken by President Barack Obama to help the economy.

Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina Make Final Sprint To The Finish Line In California Senate Race

"I think it takes time," said Neches, a North Hills resident.

Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina Make Final Sprint To The Finish Line In California Senate Race

Other endangered river success stories include the Susquehanna, the Elwha, the Neches, the Blackfoot, and the Big Sunflower.

Rebecca Wodder: Turning Endangered Rivers Into Success Stories

The federal government built the plants in Port Neches during World War II, searching for a substitute for rubber supplies that had been cut off.

Smokestack effect: Cancer at Port Neches

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Smokestack effect: Cancer at Port Neches

Hanks has represented 27 graduates of Port Neches schools, including Cerami, who sued the chemical plants, their former owners and others after being diagnosed with cancer.

Smokestack effect: Cancer at Port Neches

A few blocks beyond the trees around Port Neches-Groves High School in Port Neches, Texas, gray towers jut into the air.

Smokestack effect: Cancer at Port Neches

That was the case in Port Neches, Texas, where more than two dozen former students of Port Neches-Groves High School have been diagnosed with cancer several years after they graduated, according to court records.

Industrial plants, pollution cause health problems in students

John Dan Henry of Orange watches as a shrimp boat passes the slow-moving hull of the Neptune Project on the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

Moving Neptune

The hull of the Neptune Project, a deep-sea drilling platform, is towed down the Sabine-Neches Waterway from Signal International on Pleasure Island to the Gulf of Mexico.

Moving Neptune