Oil
Texas oil spill worsens as it travels down coast
March 28, 2014Strong winds have worsened matters, causing the oil to spread across a wider distance. This spill not only threatens birds and other large animals in the bay, but also seafood species like shrimp, blue crab and...
Read moreAfter collision, Texas ship channel awash in oil
March 25, 2014The collision sent 170,000 gallons of oil into the body of water that connects the Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and deals with up to 80 vessels per day. The oil quickly spread into...
Read moreRegulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast
March 21, 2014But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.
Read moreThe BP Texas City oil plant blast: What’s changed and what hasn’t
March 20, 2014Nine years ago, on March 23, 2005, the British Petroleum oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, an hour south of Houston, in so many words, blew up.
Read moreChicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations
March 18, 2014Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...
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