More hiring through 'green' chemistry?

By Jim Morris

Study suggests way to revive an industry and create jobs. The industry blames Washington.

Excerpts from this story referencing "chemical":

"… nts that a shift to “green” chemistry and stricter regulation of toxic chemicals could revive the U.S. chemical industry, which has been shedding jobs rap …"

"… chemistry and stricter regulation of toxic chemicals could revive the U.S. chemical industry, which has been shedding jobs rapidly. But the industry isn’t c …"

"… te how to reverse negative employment trends and put people to work in the chemical industry in the United States.”The study estimates, for example, that if …"

"… estimates, for example, that if 20 percent of production shifted from petrochemical-based plastics to “bio-based” plastics — made from corn or other nat …"

The Bay State's toxic legacy

By Beverly Ford

Despite the expenditure of millions in cleanup costs, 25 Massachusetts Superfund sites are still a toxic mess

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"… ving eight Woburn families and a public water supply contaminated by toxic chemicals. Profiled in numerous newspaper, television and radio accounts along with …"

"… ram, knows whether humans are still being exposed to its witch’s brew of chemicals, federal records show.“Woburn made people see the profound health effec …"

"… ntil the town closed them in 2002. The EPA, which added the 53-acre former chemical plant in Wilmington to its Superfund list in 2006, is only now conducting …"

"… parcels that have been on the list the longest, like the Baird and McGuire chemical plant in Holbrook, ranked as the 14th worst site in the nation when it was …"

The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… rmer Rep. Toby Moffett (D-CT). Climate client: Ashland Inc., a diversified chemical company. Former Representative Allan Swift, Washington Democrat Partner, C …"

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Mitch McConnell: Fueled by tobacco and whiskey

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

Mitch McConnell

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"… — $85,858In ninth place: Ashland Inc. with $85,858 or more. The oil and chemical company is named after Ashland, Kentucky, but is now headquartered in Covi …"

Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

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"… d for more than two days. The blast at the Citgo East refinery unleashed a chemical unknown to many Americans, though it is capable of sweeping into dozens of …"

"… ntrolled reports outlining worst-case scenarios involving highly hazardous chemicals. The Center reviewed reports for the 50 refineries that use HF. The repor …"

"… us or repeat violations of rules designed to prevent fires, explosions and chemical releases, according to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration …"

"… of operational weaknesses, particularly worrisome at refineries using the chemical, industry and government insiders say. Even a fire causing little damage c …"

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

Excerpts from this story referencing "chemical":

"… y Act, or NEPA. Coal-burning utilities like Westar Energy and Duke Energy, chemical manufacturer DuPont, and ethanol maker Didion Milling are among the firms …"

"… e Energy Department — which has granted stimulus money to oil firms, chemical companies, and coal-burning utilities — has handed out similar waive …"

"… ory. a project to create clean-burning biofuel from seaweed led by the chemical giant DuPont, which faces two class-action lawsuits over water contaminati …"

"… ces two class-action lawsuits over water contamination caused by its toxic chemical known as C8. The department awarded DuPont’s biofuel project $8.9 mi …"

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Equipment failure at refinery leads to toxic HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A hydrofluoric acid leak from an oil refinery in Ohio sent a worker to the hospital

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"… perse the poisonous gas, underscoring the potentially perilous nature of a chemical used at 50 refineries across the country.The Marathon Oil Corp. refinery i …"

"… oline, despite the existence of a safer alternative and warnings about the chemical’s extreme toxicity and its ability to travel long distances in a cloud. …"

"… anagement rule, which requires companies that manufacture or use hazardous chemicals to take steps to prevent fires, explosions and chemical releases.Of the 5 …"

"… or use hazardous chemicals to take steps to prevent fires, explosions and chemical releases.Of the 50 refineries that use HF, only three — the BP refinery …"

Refinery settles violations from ‘avoidable’ HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A Texas oil refinery featured in a joint Center for Public Integrity-ABC News investigation into the dangers of hydrofluoric acid has agreed

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"… show that at least 16 million Americans live in the potential path of the chemical. …"

Multiple safety failures identified in chemical explosion

By Jim Morris

A new report on a 2008 explosion at a West Virginia pesticide factory offers a chilling account that raises questions about safeguards at th

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"… ticide factory offers a chilling account of a near-catastrophe involving a chemical that killed thousands in Bhopal, India, in 1984 — and raises questions a …"

"… t the plant.The U.S. chemical Safety Board report details how a “runaway chemical reaction” caused a large pressure vessel to explode at the Bayer CropSci …"

"… plant in the United States that still stores large quantities of MIC, the chemical that leaked from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in December 1984. When th …"

"… in West Virginia killed two workers and could have caused the release of a chemical that killed thousands in Bhopal, India. Credit: U.S. chemical Safety Board …"

Brain cancer trial may influence science on toxic chemical

By Jim Morris

A McCullom Lake, Ill., plant, operated by Rohm and Haas, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., is at the root of a potentially groundbreaking la

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"… 2006 awarded $1.2 million to the widow of a man who had worked at a Shell Chemical plant near Trenton, New Jersey; the case was subsequently settled for an undiscl …"

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