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
petrochemicals
The Loosely Regulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Is Commandeering a Texas River
By Salina Arredondo, Public Health Watch
Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds
By Dylan Baddour
Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say
By Liza Gross
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
New Guidelines Center the Needs of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters
By Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front
Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal
By James Bruggers
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
A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor
By Kiley Bense
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine
By Liza Gross
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
