The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday is tightening safety rules for chemical plants loosened under the Trump administration. The rules are designed to prevent chemical accidents, and ...

A new report points to a chemical explosion in Louisiana this year as a prime example of why the federal government should toughen national safety standards at petrochemical plants. The Jan. 26 blast ...

Firefighters continue to work on an 11-alarm fire at the Qualco chemical plant in Passaic on Jan. 15, 2022. Sen. Cory Booker called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its ...

The rules require facilities to explicitly address threats such as wildfires or flooding, including those linked to climate change. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Biden administration issued new rules on ...

The Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical plants, announcing the plans Thursday ...

Staffing shortages and infighting among a dwindling number of decision-makers are hampering investigations of chemical fires, explosions and other petrochemical industry accidents in Louisiana and ...

In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks. A plume of smoke soon loomed over the Houston skyline and ...

Sen. Cory Booker called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulations that cover some of the biggest chemical plants in New Jersey, saying a slate of newly proposed rules ...

The petrochemical fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company reignited as crews tried to clean out the chemicals that remained in the tanks Friday, March 22, 2019, in Deer Park, Texas. In March 2019, ...