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Nearly all unplanned chemical releases in Texas go unpunished
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn July 26, black clouds rose from flares at a Chevron Phillips chemical plant in Baytown after a...
Great-Grandparents and Dog Died Inside Home After AC Broke amid Extreme Texas Heat: 'Huge Loss'
People via Yahoo News· 9 months ago"I think they thought that they were going to be okay," daughter Roxana Flood tells PEOPLE Courtesy...
EPA rule to slash toxic pollution will affect 80 Texas plants
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe Environmental Protection Agency adopted a final rule Tuesday that will require chemical...
Talks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya's capital
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoEfforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advanced Monday in Kenya's...
Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal limits on “forever chemicals”
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of...
The Real Shortage Facing the Oil and Gas Industry? Talent
Hart Energy via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe roots of oil and gas’ looming talent challenge began with the end of the World War II. Returning...
Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the...
Four rail-borne risks moving through American communities
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCommunities alongside rail lines had two more close calls this week as freight trains carrying...
‘The heat’s different now’: Why the U.S. was unprepared for a deadly summer
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoExtreme temperatures across the U.S. have put the elderly, outdoors workers and people with no access to cool air at greatest risk of severe heat-related illnesses or even death.
As Plastics Keep Piling Up, Can ‘Advanced’ Recycling Cut the Waste?
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProponents of a process called pyrolysis — including oil and gas companies — contend it will keep post-consumer plastics out of landfills and reduce pollution. But critics say that by converting ...