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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 21h
Incident alerts from Harris County, Texas (Sept. 25 to Oct. 4): LyondellBasell - Channelview (9/25 and 10/2); ExxonMobil Baytown (10/4)
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 22h
The Goodyear plant in Niagara Falls, NY is closing by the end of October. Investigative journalist, head of @publichealthwatch.bsky.social, dug deep into this facility's tragic trail of bladder cancer and coverups in his brilliant book, The Cancer Factory. www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2026/10...
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This Upstate NY chemical plant is shutting down after 80 years
The nove follows years of intense scrutiny over the plant’s environmental impact and reports of cancer among its workforce.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Incident alerts from Harris County, Texas (Sept. 15 to Sept. 24, 2026): Pemex - Deer Park (9/15); Shell - Deer Park (9/22); LyondellBasell - Choate (9/24)
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Incident alerts from Harris County (Sept. 5 to Sept. 14, 2026): ChevronPhillips - Baytown (9/5); Lubrizol - Deer Park (9/5); OxyChem (9/11); TPC - Houston (9/14).
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Incident alerts from Harris County, Texas (August 23 to Sept. 2, 2026). LyondellBasell - Channelview (8/23); OxyChem - Battleground (8/24); Raven Butene (8/26); LyondellBasell - LaPorte (9/2).
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Recent chemical incidents in Harris County, Texas.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Here's the trademark application for "Freedom Fuel Network" filed just yesterday (July 1, 2026). Does anyone know who owns the new Delaware-registered entity named Freedom Fuel Network, LLC tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/searc...
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Recent La Porte Emergency Alerts.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Recent Houston area chemical emergency alerts
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Latest LaPorte area chemical emergency reports
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
April CAER-reported incidents
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Recent CAER reports in the La Porte / Houston Ship Channel area.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Recent CAER alerts
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Check out our new service, Toxic Industries News. We come across stories all day about dirty industries around the world, as part of our regular work. This site gives us a chance to share them in real time, and hopefully give some food for 💭.... toxic-industries.org/news
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ALT: a man in a red suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says breaking news on it
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Recent alerts from Local Planning Emergency Committee
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Recent reports from the Community Awareness Emergency Response System (CAER).
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Olin says chemical imports from China are harming chlorine derivatives market in the U.S. "Since 2019, China exports of titanium dioxide, urethanes, epoxies, crop protection chemicals, and PVC have grown 300%-600%, placing significant pressure on U.S. chlorine derivative customers."
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Earnings call transcript: Olin Q4 2025 reports significant earnings miss By Investing.com
Earnings call transcript: Olin Q4 2025 reports significant earnings miss
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Alert from La Porte
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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"Giant, foreign-owned companies are the ones profiting from weak US pesticide regulations,” said Deidre Nelms, spokeswoman for Coming Clean and author of Tuesday’s report. Farming without pesticides is the only viable way to protect the health of the people who grow and harvest our food.”
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Coming Clean @stoptoxics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
NEW report & interactive storymap Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat? traces the supply chain of a toxic weedkiller from fossil fuels to U.S. farms. The U.S. imports virtually all its paraquat from China & the UK, where it is banned. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b20...
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Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat?
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Brazil suspends oil sales to U.S.! www.globaldata.com/newsletter/d... Is a global trade boycott brewing?
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Brazilian energy companies suspend oil exports to US due to potential 50% tariffs - GlobalData
Brazilian energy companies suspend oil exports to US due to potential 50% tariffs
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Shelby Jouppi @shelbyjouppi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Read our full report co-published with @insideclimatenews.org that looks at HON plants and the people they impact. TLDR: HON plants regularly break clean-air laws. People living closest to them are already burdened by health and social challenges. insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...
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Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions - Inside Climate News
Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that frequently violate their permits.
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Grist @grist.org · 15/07/2025
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions. Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now? grist.org/energy/trump... #Chemicals #Policy #Politics #Climate #Environment #Policy
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In the 1980s, we had an anti-incineration slogan: "Reduce, Reuse, Repackage."
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Anyone else hearing too much “recycle and reuse” and not enough “56 companies cause over 50%” of plastic pollution?
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Steve Paluch @brewcitychaser.com · 30/06/2025
Luckily, archive.org has a snapshot of the entire website including downloadable reports. web.archive.org/web/20250000...
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S. This is what you get when you try to access them online
An error message reads: Safari can't find the server "nca2023.globalchange.gov"
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Recent toxics industry news.... University of Goteburg scientists found "a hidden mix of 80 chemicals" in a single plastic pellet, making recycling dangerously unpredictable. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... (1/5) If you want to see more such stories, please give us a like and/or follow.
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Recycled plastic is a toxic cocktail: Over 80 chemicals found in a single pellet
Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in zebrafish larvae. Researchers warn that unknown and toxic additives make cu...
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New video on our FencelineData.org partnership, and how to use this innovative resource. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMiE.... @ujdp.bsky.social. Until Justice Data Partners. Datakind. Public Health Watch. Material Research L3C. A collaboration for open access information.
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FencelineData.org Introductory Video
YouTube video by Until Justice Data Partners
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The EPA just withdrew a complaint against a major Trump donor -- GEO Group, which runs ICE detention facilities. The company was spraying a disinfectant without proper protection onto beds and into *microwaves*; detainees reported skin rashes + difficulty breathing www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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EPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Chemicals in ICE Facilities
A complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 and 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 22/05/2025
Fossil fuel companies have long distorted facts and blocked climate action to protect profits. But one alleged criminal conspiracy takes it further: hacking emails of UCS staff and others working to hold them accountable for their role in climate change. Read @kathymulvey.bsky.social's new blog:
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The Deceit Playbook: Fossil Fuel Interests Target  Opponents with Intimidation Campaigns
The alleged scheme involved hacking into the email accounts of staff members at UCS and several other public interest organizations.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Is the #MAHA term paper that the White House released today ... AI-generated? One passage references an obscure book that says children should spend more time outdoors (duh!) That seemed suspicous. The detectors agree: It's #A1Sauce.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The shadow EJScreen tool is here: screening-tools.com/epa-ejscreen. Cheers to the data scientists who brought it back.
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EPA EJScreen — Data + Screening Tools
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Terrific new resource on plastics and toxic pollution from our friends at Defend Our Health. @rommwatt.bsky.social bigeasymagazine.com/2025/04/02/f...
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First-of-Its-Kind Comprehensive Database Highlights Dangers of Plastic Production from Start to Finish - Big Easy
A new Plastic Production Database offers a comprehensive overview of the production process for the six most common plastics. The web tool supports a
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
U.S. petrochem is increasingly dominated by foreign investment and export-orientation. For example: PVC #plastics exports may exceed domestic consumption for the first time in 2025. U.S. PVC manufacturers' HQs are in Mexico (Orbia), Taiwan (Formosa), Korea (Shintech) and the U.S. (Occidental).
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Way to go WIRED! Hopefully NGOs will follow their lead and share what they have obtained. So much FOIA'd information to share, needed now more than ever.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"Our actions will also reignite American manufacturing, spreading economic benefits to communities" - EPA's destroyer, Lee Zeldin. Interesting word choice. Before EPA, rivers caught fire from pollution; lead & asbestos filled our homes and schools. For all its imperfections, EPA saves lives.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Nova Chemicals, one of the world's biggest producers of polyethylene plastics, is assuming a new identity. The new entity is called Borouge Group International. It is a joint venture of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and Austria's OMV. www.theobserver.ca/news/local-n...
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Nova Chemicals to be purchased as part of international corporate merger
Nova Chemicals is set to have a new owner following Tuesday’s announcement the company will be purchased as part of a corporate merger.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Way "to go", College of the Atlantic! We're proud to have two COA alums and a part-time professor on our team! www.mdislander.com/news/environ...
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College of the Atlantic is first U.S. school to fully eliminate disposable plastic foodware in retail dining
BAR HARBOR — A reusable to-go ware program launching at College of the Atlantic this winter is set to keep over 50,000 pieces of disposable plastic out of the waste
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 29/01/2025
MapQuest is NOT renaming the Gulf of Mexico. Our maps are like grandma's Thanksgiving recipes — once they're printed, they're not changing. The Gulf of Mexico stays put on MapQuest.
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
EPA's EJScreen tool vanished this morning. Stay tuned for replacements from open data allies.
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Zealan Hoover @zealan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts… 🔌💡 1/X
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Golfo Mexicano (Mercator, ca. 1595) via www.maproomblog.com/2025/01/nami... #GulfOfMexico #GolfoMexicano
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Not Fantastic: Our Plastic Buildings
Here's what you need to know about polyvinyl chloride, or PVC
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Material Research L3C @materialresearch.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
www.packaginginsights.com/news/zero-wa...
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Zero Waste Europe founder: Petrochemical states continue to derail UN Global Plastic Treaty
Zero Waste Europe’s (ZWE) founder, Joan Marc Simon, is blaming oil-producing countries for the “low-ambition” outcomes of the recent UN Global Plastic Treaty negotiations. Simon, who...
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Not only is ADM’s CO2 storage project in central IL (where I grew up) leaking near the drinking water source for 1 million ppl, it turns out this project captures just a tiny wisp of ADM’s total CO2 emissions. #CCS is risky AND it doesn't work! Good reporting: cleantechnica.com/2025/01/03/i...
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Illinois Carbon Capture Project Captures Almost No Carbon - CleanTechnica
Carbon capture holds tremendous promise -- if it works. But in the real world, it doesn't and is costing taxpayers billions.
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