When a Texas City refinery exploded in 2005, 15 people died. Months later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that putting workers in temporary trailers near danger zones at the plant raised the death toll. Since then, temporary trailers have …
One person was injured when a generator inside a refinery near Houston exploded, authorities said on March 5. The incident occurred at the Pasadena Refining System Inc. The injured person was taken to a nearby hospital but Pasadena police spokesman …
In early March a 30,000-pound mat of oily gunk washed up on East Grand Terre, a barrier island in the mouth of Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. It was an ugly reminder of the blowout at BP’s Macondo well, a disaster that …
