Last week was full of new experiences—I breakfasted, lunched, and walked among a horde of chemical industry representatives.  The event was the Chemical Sector Security Summit , an annual opportunity for chemical industry members...

Greenpeace activists called out Rep Peter King on his role preventing crucial chemical security laws this morning on Capitol Hill. The activists held up a banner in front of Rep. King reading "Chemical Security Hijacker Peter King"...

Want to know why almost 10 years after 9/11, at least a third of the nation still lives with the danger of a poison gas attack? Unfortunately, there are large corporate profits tied to keeping you at risk of a chemical disaster.

On Thursday, May 26 the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a “markup” and vote on H.R. 908 , a bill to extend the flawed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) for seven years. Despite calls from Greenpeace and...

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is this week’s chemical security hijacker . Collins is pursuing an extension of the fatally flawed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) without correcting any of its flaws.  CFATS was...