A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had ...
A Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., burns on Oct. 3, 2025. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum ...
The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and makes recommendations for preventing similar events. The Trump ...
When it comes to chemical safety, Donald Trump’s first term was a mess. In 2017, for example, the president nominated someone to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety, ...
A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had ...
(THE CONVERSATION) When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum storage terminal, large plumes of dark smoke billowed into the clear skies over Deer Park, Texas.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Philip Steenstra, University of Michigan; Rachel O’Brien, University of Michigan, and ...