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- REPORT: TEXAS PLANTS GUSH EMISSIONS, ESCAPE FINES
- Over the course of three days in January, the BASF-Atofina ethylene plant in Port Arthur, Texas, released more than 65 tons of hazardous volatile organic compounds VOCs into the atmosphere. That same month, the Premcor refinery nearby released 208 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2); nearly 25 tons of VOCs and...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
- Emissions Figures Are High for Southeast Texas Refineries, Chemical Plants.
- The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--PORT ARTHUR, Texas--Malfunctions in five refineries and chemical plants in south Jefferson County resulted in excessive emissions totaling more than 4.2 million pounds from January through September, a private environmental research group...
- Research articles 2002-10-18
- San Antonio, Texas-Area Refiner Agrees to Heavy Fine.
- By John Tedesco, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--Koch Petroleum Group LP, a major oil company that employs 4,000 people in Texas, admitted Monday to lying about pollution at one of its refineries in the mid-1990s and...
- Research articles 2001-04-10
- Petrochemical Firm Guilty of Hiding Pollution Violations at Texas Oil Refinery.
- By James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--A subsidiary of the petrochemical giant Koch Industries Inc. was convicted Monday of concealing environmental violations at its oil refinery here and assessed the most expensive criminal pollution...
- Research articles 2001-04-10
- Kansas Oil Company Executives to Testify at Corpus Christi, Texas, Trial.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Oct. 6--Koch Industries and four of its senior employees are scheduled to appear today in federal court in Corpus Christi, Texas. They are charged with deliberately violating air pollution laws and conspiring to lie about problems at a Texas refinery. Koch calls...
- Research articles 2000-10-08
- Texas Grand Jury Indicts Wichita, Kan.-Based Petroleum Firm.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Sep. 29--WASHINGTON--A federal grand jury in Texas returned a 97-count indictment Thursday against Koch Industries, its petroleum subsidiary and four employees, charging that they violated federal environmental laws at a Corpus Christi refinery and made false statements to regulators. Justice Department officials described...
- Research articles 2000-09-29
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- A Marathon Oil.(BP Chemicals' Texas facility releases benzene into air)(Brief Article)
- refinery and a neighboring BP Chemicals facility allegedly released dangerous quantities of the chemical into the air, according to a Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission TNRCC ... refinery and a neighboring BP Chemicals facility allegedly released dangerous quantities of the chemical into the air,...
- Research articles 2001-11-12
- Industrial air pollution increases cancer risk in Harris County, Texas.
- By Rachel Stone, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--A state agency reported earlier this month that industrial air pollution could pose an increased risk of cancer for residents of east Harris County, including Baytown and...
- Research articles 2005-01-14
- Air Samples Test Negative in Pasadena, Texas, Chemical Plant Blast.
- Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 13--A fiery blast at a Pasadena chemical plant that sent thick smoke billowing in the area left no dangerous pollutants in the air, officials said Thursday. Despite its potentially harmful contents, air samples...
- Research articles 2003-06-13
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