Just One Week After Trump Rolled Back Safety Measures, Chemical Plant Explosion Rocks Texas Town

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Just One Week After Trump Rolled Back Safety Measures, Chemical Plant Explosion Rocks Texas Town

“This facility has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act.” Concerns about air quality lingered Wednesday following a major early morning explosion at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas that shot a fireball into the sky. The disaster at the TPC Group-owned facility roughly 94 miles west of Houston took place a week after […]

Alaska Selected to Receive $2.5 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

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Alaska Selected to Receive $2.5 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

Seattle — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has been recommended to receive approximately $2.5 million in Clean Air Act Targeted Airshed grant funds to help improve air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska. Grant awards will be made upon successful completion of the award application process. Targeted Airshed […]