Environmental Group Warns ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water January 23, 2020 By Timothy Gardner The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the...
Companies Face Class Action Suit Over Sugar Field Burns Plaguing Poor Florida Towns December 5, 2019 By Ellis Rua For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida’s...
Southeastern Grocers to Spend $4.2M to Settle Clean Air Act Violations August 27, 2019 A supermarket company has agreed to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases from refrigeration equipment at more than 500 stores in...
Houston Skies May Darken Again as Tank Farm Disaster-Site Teardown Begins June 20, 2019 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Joe Carroll The company behind the four-day chemical blaze that cast a black plume over Houston earlier this year is preparing to...
New Hampshire Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Chemical Companies May 31, 2019 By Michael Casey New Hampshire has sued eight companies including 3M and the DuPont Co. for damage it says has been caused by...
Costs Add Up for Texas Fuels Storage Operator After Fire, Chemical Spill April 16, 2019 The costs of a massive fire and chemical spill at a Houston petrochemical facility in March have begun trickling out,...
Chemical Plant Fires Renew Safety Debate in Oil-Friendly Texas April 7, 2019 By Paul J. Weber Two major chemical plant fires near Houston just 17 days apart closed schools, leaked toxic chemicals into coastal waters and...
U.S. Investigators to Begin Search for Cause of Texas Petrochemical Disaster April 2, 2019 By Collin Eaton and Erwin Seba U.S. investigators hope this week for the first time to enter the site of a massive fuel fire and chemical...
Houston-Area Chemical Disaster Zone Remains No-Go Zone 2 Weeks After Blaze April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Two weeks after a chemical storage complex near Houston erupted in flames and menaced tens of thousands of people with...
Storage Tank Owner Sued by State, County Over Texas Petrochemical Fire March 28, 2019 By Erwin Seba and Collin Eaton Texas officials on Tuesday sued owners of a Houston area petrochemical storage facility over a fire last week, alleging violations...