A shelter-in-place order was issued for 1-mile radius of Catalyst Refiners, Nitro, West Virginia on April 22, 2026. Two chemical plant workers are dead, one is critically injured and as many as 20 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a $300,030 settlement with Suncor Energy USA Inc., Commerce City Refinery on Friday to resolve alleged violations of toxic chemical-related regulations.

The Trump administration's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeting chemical safety protections that loom large in West Virginia in the aftermath of a fatal chemical facility incident ...

On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its “Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule” (SCCAP Rule), amending the Risk Management Program (RMP) “to ...

NEW BEDFORD — Year after year, workers process and chill Atlantic fish hauled ashore by New Bedford's fishing fleets, making the city the nation's top-grossing fishing port. Refrigerating that much ...

The Trump administration is seeking to repeal Biden-era requirements intended to prevent catastrophic chemical accidents at thousands of industrial plants and other operations around the country. In a ...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Marine Department of Malaysia (MDM) conducted a joint chemical spill exercise at sea along the East Johor Strait to test the Joint Emergency ...

The board said the administration is taking “a significant step backwards” on preventing chemical disasters. By Hiroko Tabuchi For a year now, the Chemical Safety Board, a small independent agency ...

Thousands of industrial facilities will now have to account for the risks posed by higher odds of flooding and other perils tied to climate change. Following a protracted seesaw battle, EPA is again ...