petrochemical plants

Chemical Threats Nearby? Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Want You to Know.

Climate change is making the risk of disastrous chemical accidents more likely. But the EPA wants to gut recently enhanced safety requirements for hazardous facilities.

By Liza Gross

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say

By Liza Gross

As Chemical Industry Seeks Exemption From Pollution Limits, Residents See Assault on Their Lives

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Consumerism—and the Chemicals in All of Our Stuff—Is Thwarting the Transition From Fossil Fuels

By Liza Gross

New Data Shows Giant Petrochemical Plant Has Failed to Boost Local Economy

By Jon Hurdle

Three Facilities Contribute Half of Houston’s Chemical Air Pollution

By Dylan Baddour

For Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Study Shows An Even Graver Risk From Toxic Gases

By Victoria St. Martin

Living and Dying in the Shadow of Chemical Plants

By Lanier Isom, Al Jazeera

Louisiana’s Toxic Air Is Linked to Low-Weight and Pre-Term Births

Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations

By Dylan Baddour

Does Another Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Make Sense? A New Report Says No

By James Bruggers

In Louisiana, Stepping onto Oil and Gas Industry Land May Soon Get You 3 Years or More in Prison

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Shell’s Plastics Plant Outside Pittsburgh Has Suddenly Become a Riskier Bet, a Study Concludes

By James Bruggers

Developers Put a Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Citing the Covid-19 Pandemic

By James Bruggers

Market Headwinds Buffet Appalachia’s Future as a Center for Petrochemicals

By James Bruggers

Congressional Democrats Join the Debate Over Plastics’ Booming Future

By James Bruggers

Film Chronicles Toxic Air of Texas

by Hannah Patterson, Guardian