No Clear Skies. Donovan Webster and Michael Scherer.
by Webster, Donovan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 60Environment. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Air pollution -- Law and legislation | Air pollution -- Physiological effect | Air quality -- Standards | Bush | Clean Air Act | Hazardous wastes | Health risk assessment | Industrial accidents | Petroleum refineries | Port Arthur (Tex.) | United States Environmental Protection AgencyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Shortly after 4:30 P.M. on Monday, April 14, 2003, the power went out at the Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The massive plant shut down instantly and, as is common when something goes wrong at a refinery, the 'product' in the pipes--tens of thousands of pounds of highly pressurized liquids and gases--was released through the smokestack. In this particular incident, 256,653 pounds of toxic chemicals were hurled into the air over the next 24 hours." (MOTHER JONES) This article profiles Port Arthur, a Texas oil town, where "the assault on the nation's clean-air laws has hit close to home."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: No Clear Skies, Sept./Oct. 2003; pp. 62+.
"Shortly after 4:30 P.M. on Monday, April 14, 2003, the power went out at the Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The massive plant shut down instantly and, as is common when something goes wrong at a refinery, the 'product' in the pipes--tens of thousands of pounds of highly pressurized liquids and gases--was released through the smokestack. In this particular incident, 256,653 pounds of toxic chemicals were hurled into the air over the next 24 hours." (MOTHER JONES) This article profiles Port Arthur, a Texas oil town, where "the assault on the nation's clean-air laws has hit close to home."
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