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Off the news: Par Hawaii dinged for waste violation
16 May 2025 10:16 GMT
… only oil refinery, has been fined $169,500 for violating Hawaii’s hazardous waste … , Par shipped six drums of waste to Utah, improperly labeling contents …
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Black Oklahomans still live in unsafe environments due to racism
09 Jul 2025 11:54 GMT
… and chicken processors, oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and radioactive waste storage areas.
To … of mostly Black residents, as “hazardous” and due to the perceived … air quality, water quality, and waste management, but no mention of …
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Some California Oil Refineries See a Future in Biofuels. Here’s Why That’s Problematic.
24 Jan 2025 04:04 GMT
… slow down. While limited waste feedstock supplies could encourage … outpaced the available supply of waste fats, oils and greases … much, if not more, hazardous air pollutants than petroleum … tax revenues as an oil refinery.
Oil refineries typically have a much …
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Air monitoring study finds 'elevated radioactivity' near Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City
12 Nov 2024 03:19 GMT
… Colorado oil refinery" in the Journal of the Air & Waste … The circle shows the Suncor oil refinery's footprint, and … in the direction of the oil refinery,” Nobel said.
Along with … though radon is considered a hazardous air pollutant and is …
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Good Ol’ Boy Racism Chokes Out History and Health
04 Jul 2025 11:42 GMT
… for decades. Neighborhoods were declared hazardous waste Superfund sites after it was … determined that waste soil laced with arsenic, lead … by industrial facilities such as oil refineries, chemical plants, and steel mills …
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Tarhin: 1200 oil refineries poisoning the air and soil
22 Jun 2024 13:12 GMT
… operating, pumping their toxins and waste, resulting in environmental disasters in … from environmental pollution caused by oil refineries, especially when regulations and governance … adolescents, have been exposed to hazardous materials and harmful fumes for …
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A half-century later, a $62 million plan to finally clean up hazardous waste dump in Broward
04 Jun 2024 10:36 GMT
… of the nation’s worst hazardous waste dumps, a sludge-like … the demise of the oil refinery site decades ago to … storage operations remained.
After the oil refinery was gone, Cornfeld bought … of the nation’s worst hazardous waste dumps.
Early steps
The …
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A half-century later, a $62 million plan to finally clean up hazardous waste dump in Florida's Broward County
04 Jun 2024 01:00 GMT
… of the nation’s worst hazardous waste dumps, a sludge-like … the demise of the oil refinery site decades ago to … storage operations remained.
After the oil refinery was gone, Cornfeld bought … of the nation’s worst hazardous waste dumps.
Early steps
The …
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With coral-rich Churna Island now an MPA, Pakistan takes baby steps on ocean protection
01 Jul 2025 20:15 GMT
… to Churna Island, including the oil refinery, as well as an independent … .
“All these industries release warm waste water into the sea which … said. “This phenomenon is rather hazardous for the corals.”
It’s …
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Five months’ jail for oil refinery supervisor in Singapore whose safety lapse led to gas leak that killed one worker, injured two more
06 Dec 2023 10:24 GMT
… oil refinery on Jurong Island failed to ensure that hazardous … hydrogen sulphide and other hazardous material killed one worker … in petrochemical refining and waste-water treatment.
The deceased … hydrogen sulphide gas and hazardous liquid material when …
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