Farmers and oil drillers may be required to report their use of explosive chemicals under measures the Obama administration is...
Articles by Mark Drajem
The fire at Chevron Corp.’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., last year that sickened thousands was caused by the company ignoring...

The fertilizer facility in Texas that exploded earlier this year, killing 15 people, was cited yesterday by the Occupational Safety...
The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution...
A bipartisan measure on federal toxic chemical standards would undercut state efforts, the head of a Senate committee said in...
Gas drilling caused “significant damage” to drinking-water aquifers in a Pennsylvania town at the center of a fight over the...

The U.S. insurance industry told Senators that a surge in weather-related catastrophes has forced billions of dollars in payouts, offering...
The Obama administration’s lack of action to impose recommended changes to make refineries, chemical factories and sugar plants safer is...