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EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Protections; Puts Residents At Risk

May 21, 2018 Jordan Barab

Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…

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Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff

May 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Michaels to Musk: Manage safety at Tesla and production will fall into line: Former OSHA head Dr. David Michaels has…

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Wisconsin Refinery Explosion Injures Workers, Causes Mass Evacuation

April 26, 2018 Jordan Barab

A huge explosion rocked the Husky Energy Oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin this morning, sending at least six workers to…

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“Weaponized Transparency” Pruitt is locked and loaded.

April 24, 2018 Jordan Barab

Scott Pruitt may not have the ethics to be appointed town dog catcher and may be on his way back…

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5th Anniversary of West Fertilizer Explosion: Lessons Learned and Not Learned

April 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Five years ago tonight a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer company in West, Texas. Emergency responders rushed toward…

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Nightmare Now Showing at Chemical Facility Near You

April 4, 2018 Jordan Barab

From my next screenplay….”The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow” Open Old film of an ominous fog spreading across the…

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Climate Change: They Can’t Handle the Truth!

March 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had the brilliant idea last year to convent a “Red-Team/Blue-Team” exercise to debate the science…

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The Year In Review: 2017 Edition

January 1, 2018 Jordan Barab

With the end of 2017 comes the end of the 10th month of new, revised, rejuvenated version of Confined Space.…

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Methylene Chloride Deaths: “All Preventable”

December 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

Methylene chloride kills. We wrote about 21-year old Kevin Hartley last June. He died last April 29 — Workers Memorial…

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Republicans Find New Ways to Roll Back Protections

December 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just what you needed One more thing to keep you up at night. One of things we complained about at…