Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

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"… cancer risk for humans.When members of Congress sought higher security at chemical plants to guard against terrorist attacks, Koch Industries lobbyists prowled Capi …"

"… ti, Texas; Rosemount, Minn., and Rotterdam in the Netherlands; an array of chemical plants; a coal subsidiary (the C. Reiss Coal Co.) and 4,000 miles of pipelines.So …"

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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"… nk [vinyl chloride] more conclusively to brain cancer and save lives where chemical plants are making this poison,” Freund said. “Ten people are dead from this a …"

Frustrated green groups to sue ExxonMobil, saying Texas regulator isn’t regulating

By Chris Hamby and Elizabeth Lucas

Tired of waiting for state regulators to take meaningful action, two environmental groups are preparing to file a lawsuit against the nation

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"… air emissions at the complex — which includes the huge refinery and two chemical plants — started once every four days on average in 2005 and once every nine da …"

"… t precedes the filing of the lawsuit. The records show that ExxonMobil’s chemical plants released nearly 1.3 million pounds of toxic substances in addition to 5.9 …"

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EPA not ready to name coal ash locations

By Kristen Lombardi

Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Dem, stirred excitement last Friday when she decried the “huge muzzle” the Obama administration placed o

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"… ies differently than such hazardous-waste facilities as Superfund sites or chemical plants.Pointing out the double standard won’t necessarily sway the EPA. Kinch s …"

OSHA says inspection program fine-tuned, not ‘shelved’

By Chris Hamby

An Occupational Safety and Health Administration program meant to ferret out employers that under report workplace injuries is honing its fo

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"… d the agency for ignoring high-hazard industries – petroleum refineries, chemical plants and paper mills, for example – while focusing on small businesses and ce …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… ors.For three decades now, hundreds of electrical power, oil refining, and chemical plants have been pumping toxic particles into the air over Texas. These plants pr …"

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Year after tragedy, mining industry seeks some self-policing

By Chris Hamby

Mining industry urges feds to reward safety with fewer inspections

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"… one that has proven popular at a range of workplaces, from paper mills to chemical plants.The proposal, arising 13 months after 29 workers died in an explosion at M …"

Smog-forming and toxic gases 'consistently' undercounted, major study finds

By Bill Dawson

HOUSTON, May 31, 2002 — In a discovery with national implications, a group of government, academic and private researchers involved in a $20

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"… 0 million study of Houston's air quality have found that operators of petrochemical plants in the city's vast industrial complex have been significantly underestimat …"

"… cases, “100 or more [times] greater” — than local oil refineries and chemical plants reported releasing, according to a recent analysis of the Houston findings …"

"… issions don’t reflect actual operating conditions in highly complex petrochemical plants.“I would hope that the EPA would revisit the issue” of how accurate th …"

"… themselves, because they have cancer-causing or other toxic qualities.Petrochemical plants are hardly the only source of VOCs. They are also emitted in collectively …"

'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Deaths and preventable mishaps recur in 'voluntary protection' club

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"… on from the agency’s regular inspections. Participating sites range from chemical plants and refineries to shipyards and sawmills.The explosion in Bradenton is har …"

Employees Dying at “Safe” Workplaces

Workers dying

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"… on from the agency’s regular inspections. Participating sites range from chemical plants and refineries to shipyards and sawmills.Supporters say VPP is a more effe …"

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