chemical disasters

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

Michael Swenson / Getty Images

March 3, 2025

The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

Michael Swenson / Getty Images

February 6, 2025

What’s Happened in the Two Years Since the East Palestine Disaster?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

Chemical Plant/refinery

Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

March 4, 2024

EPA Finalizes Critical Chemical Disaster Prevention Rules

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

Smoke from chemical fire in New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina

DOD/National Archives

May 31, 2023

EPA: Don’t Delay Strong Rules to Help Prevent Chemical Disasters

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

Train derailment in East Palestine, OH Feb. 2023

Gene Puskar/AP Photo

February 27, 2023

Ohio Train Wreck Shows: EPA Needs to Strengthen Disaster Prevention Rules

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

August 19, 2022

Will the Biden Administration’s Chemical Disaster Rule Finally Make Communities Safer?

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Michael M Stokes/Flickr

September 7, 2021

Hurricane Ida Leaves Chemical Facilities and Surrounding Communities Without Power

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

July 7, 2021

Risk Managed? New Report Finds Chemical Disaster Risks from Climate Change

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

June 15, 2021

Public Comment: EPA Must Consider Climate Change When Reforming Chemical Disaster Rule

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

A FEMA trailer decorated for an environmental justice mission. Photo credit: Leah Mahan, maker of the film Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek.

December 17, 2019

Activism and Action in 2019, a Banner Year for Environmental Justice

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

October 25, 2017

Post-Harvey, the Arkema Disaster Reveals Chemical Safety Risks Were Preventable

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

Emergency workers entering a chemical plant.

North Carolina National Guard/CC BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)

September 12, 2017

What Scott Pruitt Still Gets Wrong About Chemical Safety Post-Hurricane Harvey

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

August 1, 2016

A Free Ride: How Special Interests Are Undermining Chemical Facility Safety

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

March 28, 2016

Avoiding Chemical Disasters, Managing Risks: EPA Addresses Chemical Safety

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor