Archive for Chemical Release
West remembers deadly explosion one year later – Chron.com
West remembers deadly explosion one year laterChron.comA memorial outside the City of West Volunteer Fire Department for firefighter who were killed in the fertilizer plant explosion in April of 2013 Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in West. .... FEMA has, however, provided emergency funds to individual residents ... Read more [...]
Official statement from TexPIRG Program Director Sara Smith on anniversary of … – Your Houston News
KENS 5 TVOfficial statement from TexPIRG Program Director Sara Smith on anniversary of ...Your Houston NewsFor example, according to the Congressional Research Service just one hundred of our chemical facilities each endanger 100,000 or more Texans due to the storage of tons of toxic-by-inhalation chemicals. ... In 2009 the Clorox Company announced that it ...One Year after West, Texas: One in Ten Students Attends School in the Shadow ...Burnt Orange Reportall 14 news articles » Read more [...]
Romeoville to purchase hazard protection equipment – Chicago Tribune
Romeoville to purchase hazard protection equipmentChicago TribuneA federal grant will help emergency officials in Romeoville purchase a piece of equipment to protect its waterway areas from biological hazards. At a village board meeting on Wednesday, Fire Chief Kent Adams told trustees that the department will ...and more » Read more [...]
Texas town honors 15 killed in year-ago explosion – Chron.com
Texas town honors 15 killed in year-ago explosionChron.comThe families of 15 people that died in the plant explosion, 12 of them trying to respond to the initial fire, have spent the last year navigating the difficult balance between seeking answers and finding closure. Lawsuits filed in the weeks afterward ...and more » Read more [...]
Map: Is There a Risky Chemical Plant Near You? – Mother Jones
Map: Is There a Risky Chemical Plant Near You?Mother JonesThe interactive map below, based on data from the EPA's Risk Management Program, shows at least 9,000 facilities where a "catastrophic chemical release" or what the EPA calls a "worst-case scenario" could harm nearby residents. Hover over any site to ...and more » Read more [...]
First responders remembered – The Baylor Lariat
First responders rememberedThe Baylor LariatHe was a hard worker, and was ultimately able to discover his passion for service through the Abbott Volunteer Fire Department. This is what inspired him to return school to become a certified emergency medical technician. Chapman's parents said he ... Read more [...]
Are new regulations tough enough to prevent another West Virginia chemical spill? – PBS NewsHour
Are new regulations tough enough to prevent another West Virginia chemical spill?PBS NewsHourEVAN OSNOS, The New Yorker: Yes, this turned out to be a story not just about a chemical leak, but really about how politics and the kinds of debates we have the proper role of government, for instance, can actually impact government services down to ...and more » Read more [...]
Rebuilding continues in West, as Texas drags its feet on regulations – Fort Worth Star Telegram
Environment & Energy PublishingRebuilding continues in West, as Texas drags its feet on regulationsFort Worth Star TelegramThe Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was quick on the scene with assistance for housing and money for debris removal, originally refused to declare West a major disaster area. After an appeal from Gov. Rick Perry ... This week, the House ...A year after explosion, West is on the mendSacramento BeeWest blast prompts lawmakers to consider better inspections, trainingHouston Read more [...]
One Year after West, Texas: One in Ten Students Attends School in the Shadow … – Burnt Orange Report
One Year after West, Texas: One in Ten Students Attends School in the Shadow ...Burnt Orange ReportSee how many Texas residents are at risk from toxic chemical disasters after the jump. ... TexPIRG and more than 100 other groups have called for stronger chemical information disclosure standards, better reporting to oversight agencies like the EPA ...and more » Read more [...]
KPD uses chemical munitions to end standoff – Killeen Daily Herald
KPD uses chemical munitions to end standoffKilleen Daily HeraldKilleen emergency responders block off a section of Sunset Drive during a standoff in the 1900 block of Sunset Drive on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. ... Police declined to release the identity of the suspect, saying they would wait until he was formally ... Read more [...]
A year after explosion, West is on the mend – Sacramento Bee
A year after explosion, West is on the mendSacramento BeeWEST, Texas -- Two flags, tattered by an explosion blocks away, have flown at half-staff at the Emergency Medical Services station since shortly after a fertilizer mixing operation blew up April 17, 2013, devastating this quiet Central Texas town and ...and more » Read more [...]
West disaster could be catalyst for state, federal legislation next year – Waco Tribune-Herald
Environment & Energy PublishingWest disaster could be catalyst for state, federal legislation next yearWaco Tribune-HeraldWaco-McLennan County Emergency Management director Frank Patterson advocates a county fire code, saying it could have prevented the West disaster by requiring fire walls or sprinkler systems around the ammonium nitrate. “If the fire had never started ...West blast prompts lawmakers to consider better inspections, trainingHouston ChronicleTexas still pondering regulation, Read more [...]
Small Fire At Sarnia Suncor Refinery – BlackburnNews.com
BlackburnNews.comSmall Fire At Sarnia Suncor RefineryBlackburnNews.comA Chemical Valley Emergency Coordinating Organization Code 8 was issued. That's notification by a member of an internal abnormal occurrence that is being handled within the plant. An all clear sounded just before 10:30am. Reporter Email Stephanie ... Read more [...]
West blast prompts lawmakers to consider better inspections, training – Houston Chronicle
Environment & Energy PublishingWest blast prompts lawmakers to consider better inspections, trainingHouston ChronicleConnealy and other witnesses, including state Emergency Management Director Nim Kidd, urged that first-responders in areas where the storage sites are located - a majority of them volunteer fire departments - be better trained. ... is exploring the ...Texas Still Considering Solutions to Prevent Another WestStateImpact TexasTexas still pondering regulation, a year after West explosionEnvironment Read more [...]
Texas Still Considering Solutions to Prevent Another West – StateImpact Texas
Environment & Energy PublishingTexas Still Considering Solutions to Prevent Another WestStateImpact TexasThis week marks a year since a fertilizer plant exploded in the small Texas town of West, killing fifteen, injuring over a hundred, and destroying homes and local schools. Today, a meeting at the capital ... and first responders. There are a few dozen ...Texas still pondering regulation, a year after West explosionEnvironment & Energy PublishingA Year Later, West, Texas, Is Still a Long Read more [...]
Texas still pondering regulation, a year after West explosion – Environment & Energy Publishing
Environment & Energy PublishingTexas still pondering regulation, a year after West explosionEnvironment & Energy PublishingCommittee Chairman Joe Pickett (D) indicated he was interested in faster reporting of chemical information and asked how much it would cost to train all the state's volunteer fire departments. "We've got a break in communication," Pickett said ...A Year Later, West, Texas, Is Still a Long Way from RecoveryEmergency ManagementCSB Sharing Explosion Findings at 4/22 West Read more [...]
Darcy St closed after Sydney Water chemical leak – Parramatta Sun
Darcy St closed after Sydney Water chemical leakParramatta SunDarcy Street has been closed after a chemical leak in the Sydney Water headquarters basement caused the evacuation of about 1000 people about 1.30pm this afternoon. The evacuation took place as a precaution after cleaners reportedly knocked over ... Read more [...]
Rural Development Helps Restore Water Supply to Town of Gifford after … – USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
Rural Development Helps Restore Water Supply to Town of Gifford after ...USDA.gov (press release) (blog)Most notably, the water treatment equipment is currently located under a tent and efforts to fight a recent fire at a local construction company were hampered by a lack of water pressure. So it came as very good news indeed when the town learned that ... Read more [...]
A Year Later, West, Texas, Is Still a Long Way from Recovery – Emergency Management
Emergency ManagementA Year Later, West, Texas, Is Still a Long Way from RecoveryEmergency ManagementSigns of hope in the community impacted by the April 17, 2013, fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. ... Two flags, tattered by an explosion blocks away, have flown at half-staff at the Emergency Medical Services station since shortly after a ... Read more [...]
Sino-French firm in Lanzhou faces probe over 'late report' of benzene water … – South China Morning Post
CRIENGLISH.comSino-French firm in Lanzhou faces probe over 'late report' of benzene water ...South China Morning PostThe levels of benzene, a cancer-inducing chemical, in Lanzhou's tap water rose 20 times above national safety levels on Friday, forcing the city to turn off supplies in one district and warn other residents not to drink tap water for the next 24 hours ...Leaking Oil from Pipeline Causes Toxic Tap Water in LanzhouCRIENGLISH.comall 49 news articles » Read more [...]
CSB Sharing Explosion Findings at 4/22 West Meeting – Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Health and SafetyCSB Sharing Explosion Findings at 4/22 West MeetingOccupational Health and SafetyThe Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announced it will convene a public meeting on April 22, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Southside Community Center in West, Texas, where the board members will hear preliminary findings from CSB's ...A year later, West is still a long way from recoveryFort Worth Star Telegramall 16 news articles » Read more [...]
Leaking Oil from Pipeline Causes Toxic Tap Water in Lanzhou – CRIENGLISH.com
CRIENGLISH.comLeaking Oil from Pipeline Causes Toxic Tap Water in LanzhouCRIENGLISH.comPolluted water ran through aged joints in a concrete channel between two water works owned by Veolia ,a joint Sino-French venture in Lanzhou, leading to excessive levels of the chemical, Wang Jinsheng, a member of the national environmental emergency ...and more » Read more [...]
Pipeline in toxic tap water scare had been leaking oil in the 1980s – Shanghai Daily (subscription)
Pipeline in toxic tap water scare had been leaking oil in the 1980sShanghai Daily (subscription)Polluted water ran through aged joints in a concrete channel between two water works owned by Veolia ,a joint Sino-French venture in Lanzhou, leading to excessive levels of the chemical, Wang Jinsheng, a member of the national environmental emergency ...and more » Read more [...]
A year later, West is still a long way from recovery – Fort Worth Star Telegram
A year later, West is still a long way from recoveryFort Worth Star TelegramWEST — Two flags, tattered by an explosion blocks away, have flown at half-staff at the Emergency Medical Services station since shortly after a fertilizer mixing operation blew up April 17, 2013, devastating this quiet central Texas town and killing ... Read more [...]
China's biggest oil company blamed for toxic water contamination – ABC Online
Telegraph.co.ukChina's biggest oil company blamed for toxic water contaminationABC OnlineA subsidiary of China's oil giant China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) was to blame after crude oil leaked from its pipeline into the source for a local water plant, Xinhua said. The leak came from a Lanzhou ... Stores and supermarkets ran out of ...Oil company blamed for toxic tap water in ChinaYahoo!7 NewsOil company blamed for toxic tap water in China: XinhuaEconomic TimesOil company blamed for toxic water Read more [...]
In sickness and in health – Chicago Tribune
In sickness and in healthChicago TribuneAngie — who manages plant operations staff at Flint Hills Resources, a refining, chemicals and biofuels company in Channahon, near Joliet, — graduated in 1997 and moved to St. Louis for a job in chemical engineering. Patrick finished his bachelor's ... Read more [...]
Grass fire threatens phosphorus tanks north of Lawrence; investigation ongoing – Lawrence Journal World
Grass fire threatens phosphorus tanks north of Lawrence; investigation ongoingLawrence Journal WorldLawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical and several other area fire departments battled a grass fire that encroached upon two phosphorus tanks at a chemical plant north of the city on Friday. ICL Performance Products, 440 North Ninth St., reported a grass ... Read more [...]
Star Shots | Best photos of April 10 – Kansas City Star
Kansas City StarStar Shots | Best photos of April 10Kansas City Star5, 2012 file photo released by Harvard University shows a fragment of papyrus that divinity professor Karen L. King said is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. An article ... King, an expert in the ...and more » Read more [...]
Yes, The West Virginia Chemical Leak Is Still Causing Problems – Huffington Post
Yes, The West Virginia Chemical Leak Is Still Causing ProblemsHuffington PostHuffPost Live sat down with journalists Kate Sheppard of The Huffington Post and Marcus Constantino of the Charleston Daily Mail and Andrew Whelton, assistant professor of environmental engineering at the University of South Alabama, to discuss the ... Read more [...]
Emergency services spend hours tackling an overheated chemical tanker in … – ChronicleLive
ChronicleLiveEmergency services spend hours tackling an overheated chemical tanker in ...ChronicleLive... emergency services attempted to cool down the tanker yesterday afternoon. Employees who finished their shift at the plant, which staffs around 1,200 people, at 2pm were asked to wait inside while fire crews began to cool down the vehicle and make ... Read more [...]
Chemical Trespass – Eugene Weekly
Eugene WeeklyChemical TrespassEugene WeeklyWhen a helicopter flies over Cedar Valley, residents tend to assume it's searching for illegal pot operations in the nearby forest. That's what Curry County neighbors John Burns and Kathyrn Rickard thought when they heard the blades whirring over their ... Read more [...]
20140409-DP-editorial-Tire_recycling-4684-Edit copy.jpg – Valley morning Star
20140409-DP-editorial-Tire_recycling-4684-Edit copy.jpgValley morning StarThe plant is located less than two miles from the soccer fields, and the nuisance odors also had been detected on numerous occasions last year by both the Harlingen Fire Department and TCEQ investigators. ... “Mr. Diaz described the odor as a very ... Read more [...]
More Troubles – Valley morning Star
More TroublesValley morning StarThe plant is located less than two miles from the soccer fields, and the nuisance odors also had been detected on numerous occasions last year by both the Harlingen Fire Department and TCEQ investigators. ... “Mr. Diaz described the odor as a very ... Read more [...]
The West Virginia Chemical Leak and the Washington Mudslide: Politics … – The Diane Rehm Show
The Diane Rehm ShowThe West Virginia Chemical Leak and the Washington Mudslide: Politics ...The Diane Rehm ShowSearchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of a deadly mudslide Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Besides the more than two dozen bodies already found, many more people could be buried in the debris pile left from the mudslide one ...Thumbs up: PSC right to support expanding water serviceHuntington Herald Dispatchall 4 news articles » Read more [...]
Toxic fumes: Two people in hospital after chemical leak at Flintshire … – Daily Post North Wales
Daily Post North WalesToxic fumes: Two people in hospital after chemical leak at Flintshire ...Daily Post North WalesToxic vapours were breathed in by at least 12 people after a chemical incident at a Flintshire industrial estate causing a major emergency response. Crews from Deeside, Wrexham, Buckley and Chester were sent to River Lane Industrial Estate, Saltney ...and more » Read more [...]
Lehigh Regional conducts hypothetical chemical spill exercise – Lehigh Acres News Star
Lehigh Regional conducts hypothetical chemical spill exerciseLehigh Acres News Star"When this is over we all meet on what went well and what needs improvement," said Jim Allard, LRMC emergency management coordinator and director of plant operations. For most of the estimated 100 hospital workers involved in ... Meanwhile, hospital ... Read more [...]
Problematic gas plant shut down again – Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Problematic gas plant shut down againWilkes Barre Times-LeaderNov. 23, 2012 — A valve failure allowed gas to burst into the air before dawn, creating an alarming sound and terrifying neighbors. June 20, 2013 — A malfunctioning valve triggered a loud steam release. Feb. 12, 2014 — Excess glycol burned inside ...and more » Read more [...]
Sugar Creek, city partner for fire equipment – Pittsburg Morning Sun
Sugar Creek, city partner for fire equipmentPittsburg Morning Sun"We're looking at putting together an on-sight emergency response team," said fire chief John Zafuta, who introduced Jordan Lashmett and Geri Vincent from Sugar Creek, as well as members of his staff. He said ... "Basically, (we've prepared) a haz-mat ... Read more [...]
America's Homegrown Terror Threat—And Why We're Doing Nothing to Fight It – The Nation. (blog)
America's Homegrown Terror Threat—And Why We're Doing Nothing to Fight ItThe Nation. (blog)The United States is peppered with all-but-forgotten chemical waste dumps, aging nuclear power plants, nuclear materials, oil rigs, oil pipelines and mines (active and abandoned) that require an enormous investment in personnel and facilities to ... Read more [...]
No 'major' chemical leak at Selsey school – Chichester Observer
Chichester ObserverNo 'major' chemical leak at Selsey schoolChichester ObserverFIREFIGHTERS were called in to a Selsey school as a 'precaution', after fears of a chemical spillage. Emergency services were called to The Academy, Selsey, this afternoon (April 8), but the fire service concluded the scene was safe, after scouring the ...and more » Read more [...]
