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Senate introduces bills to protect chemical and water plants nationwide

Feature story | July 21, 2010 at 11:00

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a comprehensive legislative package that would help to prevent debilitating terrorist attacks at America’s chemical, drinking water, and wastewater facilities. This legislation requires plants to...

Chemical Security Testimony by Greenpeace's Rick Hind

Publication | February 24, 2008 at 18:00

Chemical Security - A Rising Concern for America: Examination of the Department's Chemical Security Regulations and its Effect on the Public and Private Sector.

Chemical Disaster Prevention Legislation Introduced in Senate

Media release | July 15, 2010 at 16:34

Today, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced chemical plant security legislation that would eliminate catastrophic risks to millions of Americans, create thousands of new jobs and provide economic stimulus to local governments. The...

New legislation could stop illegal wood imports to the U.S.

Feature story | September 4, 2007 at 18:00

Have you ever wondered where the wood you’re buying comes from? Was it sustainably harvested, or was it illegally logged? Were animals displaced, did people lose their livelihoods so that you could buy a piece of furniture or lumber here in the U...

Then Senators Obama and Biden on Chemical Security

Video | July 17, 2010 at 10:58

Over 100 million Americans are at risk from a terrorist attack or accident at a high risk chemical plant. As Senators, Barack Obama and Joe Biden led the fight to make chemical plants safe from accidents and terrorists. Their legislation would...

Congress Fails to Prevent Toxic Chemical Disasters

Blog by John Deans | October 1, 2010

The US Congress has done it again: NOTHING . The biggest environmental issues they have been charged with tackling have gone untouched in lieu of playing politics. Among the top overlooked dangers was the security of the nation’s...

Toxic Trains and Denzel Washington

Blog by Meena Hussain | October 22, 2010

There’s a new action movie coming out on November 12th— Unstoppable , directed by Tony Scott, is based on the true story of the Crazy Eights runaway train incident in Toledo, Ohio in 2001.   Denzel Washington , Chris Pine , and ...

Congress Fails to Prevent Toxic Chemical Disasters

Blog by John Deans | October 1, 2010

The US Congress has done it again: NOTHING . The biggest environmental issues they have been charged with tackling have gone untouched in lieu of playing politics. Among the top overlooked dangers was the security of the nation’s...

Toxic Trains and Denzel Washington

Blog by Meena Hussain | October 22, 2010

There’s a new action movie coming out on November 12th— Unstoppable , directed by Tony Scott, is based on the true story of the Crazy Eights runaway train incident in Toledo, Ohio in 2001.   Denzel Washington , Chris Pine , and ...

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