EPA data: South Dakota industrial chemical releases rise amid national decline
Temporary spike at Smithfield pork plant is partially to blame
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Temporary spike at Smithfield pork plant is partially to blame
The cancer-causing chemical made headlines last year following the derailment of a freight train that was carrying tanks of it in East Palestine.
WASHINGTON – Today, March 21, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 compared to 2013. This includes a 26% dec
A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.
30 years after a landmark executive order, a report from the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor of Port Arthur and Beaumont.