Latest Chemicals Headlines
All the headlines from our Chemicals Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Explosion at Alabama Chemical Plant Kills 1
Sep 27 2018 // One person is dead following an explosion at a chemical plant in north Alabama. Arab Fire Chief Ricky Phillips tells WHNT-TV that a contract worker died in a blast that happened Tuesday at Umicore Specialty Chemicals in...
A Year Later, Texas Regulators Taking Action Against Harvey Polluters
Sep 4 2018 // More than a year after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, state environmental authorities have only just begun enforcement actions against a handful of companies deemed responsible for some of the most massive...
Texas Seeking Money for ‘Coastal Spine,’ Government Protection from Climate Change
Aug 23 2018 // As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile “spine” of concrete...
Monsanto Has Another Legally Risky Chemical Product
Aug 21 2018 // Some Bayer AG investors were surprised to learn about the thousands of farmers lining up before U.S. courts to argue that Roundup — the blockbuster weedkiller the German company recently acquired when it bought...
Court Says Trump Administration Must Implement Chemical Safety Rule
Aug 20 2018 // A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement an Obama-era chemical safety rule introduced in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas that killed 15...
Wells in Florida Town Test Positive for Chemicals
Aug 6 2018 // Low levels of cancer-causing chemicals have been found in three wells of a Florida town. Satellite Beach City Manager Courtney Barker said Wednesday that the chemicals are similar to ones used in fire extinguishing foams,...
Arkema NA, CEO Indicted in Texas for ‘Reckless’ Chemical Release
Aug 6 2018 // The North American subsidiary of a French chemical manufacturer and two senior staff members were indicted in connection with last year’s explosion at the Crosby, Texas, plant in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Arkema...
Ohio Chemical Plant Explodes, Catches Fire, Prompts Evacuations
Jul 20 2018 // An Ohio chemical manufacturing plant has exploded and caught fire, prompting authorities to evacuate a large area around it. Emerald Performance Materials says it evacuated the plant in Akron and notified the fire...
Neighbors of North Carolina Chemical Plant to be Tested for GenX Compounds
Jul 19 2018 // North Carolina and federal health officials want to test whether neighbors of a chemical company are carrying little-understood industrial compounds in their bodies. North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human...
$151M West Virginia Chemical Spill Settlement Approved
Jun 11 2018 // A federal judge has given final approval of a $151 million settlement of a lawsuit stemming from a chemical spill into a West Virginia river. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver...
Harvey-Arkema Lesson: Chemical Plants Must Plan for Natural Disasters
Jun 4 2018 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is urging chemical plants to weigh the risks of natural disasters just as they would the integrity of pipes and production equipment. “Such facilities should perform an analysis to...
Harvey-Arkema Lesson: Chemical Plants Must Plan for Natural Disasters
May 25 2018 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Thursday urged chemical plants to weigh the risks of natural disasters just as they would the integrity of pipes and production equipment. “Such facilities should perform an analysis...
More Large Employers Add Financial Wellness Tools to Benefits Menu
May 24 2018 // Study after study shows that money stress can be as bad for workplace productivity as back pain. The latest study, released by PwC on Tuesday, found that a quarter of U.S. workers said financial worries caused them health...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
North Carolina Chemical Plant Worker Killed After Falling Into Tank
May 8 2018 // A North Carolina chemical plant is on shutdown as the company and investigators explore why a worker died. A spokeswoman for Dutch chemical-maker AkzoNobel said Sunday the man fell into an empty tank at the company’s...
Lake Superior Mayors Want Refinery to Cease Using Dangerous Chemical
May 4 2018 // The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week’s oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a dangerous chemical compound at the site. Husky Energy in Superior is one of...
North Carolina Regulators Say Chemours Lied About Chemical Discharge ‘For Years’
Apr 12 2018 // North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state’s health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday. Cooper...
U.S. Steel to Pay More than $1.2M in Lake Michigan Chemical Spill Case
Apr 5 2018 // U.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a...
Lawsuits over Arkema Chemical Disaster in Texas Add Up
Apr 3 2018 // Note: This story originally ran in The Texas Tribune. Most of the houses along Crosby Eastgate Road in Southeast Texas and its neighboring streets are one-story outfits on sprawling green lots. In their driveways are spare...
Arkansas Judge: 6 Farmers Can Spray Controversial Chemical Dicamba
Apr 3 2018 // An Arkansas judge has ruled that six farmers in the state this summer can spray a weed killer made by Monsanto Co. and BASF SE that was blamed for hurting millions of acres of U.S. crops last year. The decision is the...
