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 ...

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 Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday delayed major Obama administration chemical safety regulations by nearly two years. “We are seeking additional time to review the program, so that we can ...

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 BioLab Inc. pool and spa chemical plant in Westlake, site of a massive fire and release of toxic chlorine during Hurricane Laura in 2020, was woefully unprepared for winds accompanying the storm ...

Three chemical leaks along the Houston Ship Channel this month have spewed foul-smelling odors into neighborhoods, forced people to evacuate their homes and, on Tuesday night, killed two workers and ...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has been committed over the past five years to living its strategic value of Safety in the Chemistry Enterprise by holding ACS Presidential Safety Summits. The ...

Smoke rises from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, east of Houston on March 18, 2019. In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical ...

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 BioLab Inc. pool and spa chemical plant in Westlake, site of a massive fire and release of toxic chlorine during Hurricane Laura in 2020, was woefully unprepared for winds accompanying the storm ...