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Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that ...
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a $5.3 million grant from TSIF to expand MPCA's Killeen semiconductor facility.
Since acquiring agri-giant Monsanto in 2018, pharmaceutical company Bayer has sought to protect itself from legal liabilities over Monsanto’s Roundup products. Is a pesticide-free world even possible?
The roughly 46,000 residents of Channelview, an unincorporated community outside Houston, will feel the effects firsthand.
In May, Congress overturned a Biden administration rule that limited pollution of seven toxic chemicals, including lead and ...
At Hartville’s Kindness Ranch, former research animals get a rare second chance. But before healing can begin, labs must be ...
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) is alerting residents of a significant but non-harmful release of a chemical agent in the 410 and Somerset area. According to SAFD, they were ...
Trump called for the CSB’s closure during his first term but settled for leaving many investigator and agency leadership positions unfilled. Slowing the agency’s work resulted in a backlog of 14 ...
Along with the Dow chemical explosion, the agency has four other active investigations of incidents in Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia. CSB investigations often take several months to complete.
On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the ...
Here's what we know While the chemical release remained below unhealthy thresholds, the levels exceeded the refinery's permit, according to a DNREC public notice from May 31.