On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the Dow chemical plant, triggering a shelter-in-place order for anyone within a half mile of the fa...
  • gaja@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Cancer valley? 22 chemical explosions in Texas, 8 in Louisiana? And the agency had no authority to impose fines? Just warnings?

    I think I actually see the semblance of reasoning in closing this agency, in a really twisted backwards kind of way. It costs money and seems to have very little jurisdiction. Corporations gain nothing by exploding their facilities.