Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations
The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…
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The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…
More information is coming out about the chemical releases at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby Texas following last summer’s…
I have a feeling we ain’t seen nothing yet about the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the chemical industry in…
In the next round of a years-long game of regulatory ping-pong — with potentially catastrophic consequences — the Environmental Protection…
The Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire raises difficult questions on our failure to issue adequate regulatory protections for workers and communities…
Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…
Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
OSHA has engaged in a furious flurry of press activity over the past month. Well, “furious” by Trump-OSHA standards. By…
One would think with monster hurricanes, threatened nuclear war with North Korea, plans to deport some of America’s best young…