The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced final adoption of a rule it said would help keep at-risk communities safer from chemical accidents. EPA Administrator Michael Regan said it ...

Thousands of industrial facilities will now have to account for the risks posed by higher odds of flooding and other perils tied to climate change. Following a protracted seesaw battle, EPA is again ...

On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its “Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule” (SCCAP Rule), amending the Risk Management Program (RMP) “to ...

Six months after a West Virginia man was tragically killed at a chemical plant in Marshall County, several questions about ...

WASHINGTON, May 17-- Earthjustice issued the following statement by staff attorney Emma Cheuse on the Trump administration's decision to rescind the chemical disaster rule: "Today, Trump's EPA ...

NEW BEDFORD — Year after year, workers process and chill Atlantic fish hauled ashore by New Bedford's fishing fleets, making the city the nation's top-grossing fishing port. Refrigerating that much ...

In this live Executive Q&A session, expert Kristi Hames, CIH, CSP, will break down what a more modern, proactive approach to ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and Investigation Board, or CSB, investigates root causes of serious chemical accidents and makes recommendations for preventing similar events. The Trump ...

On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the ...