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HF: Redondo Beach City Council votes to support ban on refinery chemical
Nearly 300 residents march inprotest to the PBF Energy refinery in Torrance on Saturdday, Feb 17, 2018. It has been three years since the refinery explosion rocked the neighborhod and now residents are calling for a ban on the use of hydrofluoric acid at the refinery. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributor) The Redondo Beach City […]
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Protesters call for ban of modified hydrofluoric acid at Torrance refinery
TORRANCE, Calif. (KABC) — Hundreds of protesters took part in a march to the Torrance Refinery on Saturday, calling for a ban on the facility’s use of modified hydrofluoric acid, or MHF. Activists said three years ago, an explosion at the refinery nearly caused a catastrophic release of the highly-toxic chemical. “By the grace of […]
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Protesters rally to mark third anniversary of explosion at Torrance refinery
A coalition of sign-wielding environmental activists on Saturday marked the third anniversary of the Feb. 18, 2015, explosion at the Torrance refinery that federal officials said nearly caused a catastrophic release of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid that could have killed and injured thousands. Led by grass-roots group the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance, hundreds of protesters […]
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Free speech is free after all for refinery protesters in Torrance
The city of Torrance has backed off from requiring the organizers of a Saturday rally at Columbia Park to pay a $1-per-person fee for the privilege, blaming a “miscommunication” for a mix-up that local activists initially said undermined their right to free speech. The fee actually is one that, since the mid-1990s, has applied to […]
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California Refiners Face Tighter Toxic Acid Rules or Outright Ban (1)
Valero Energy Corp. and PBF Energy Inc. refineries in the Los Angeles area could face stricter safety requirements when using hydrofluoric acid or be forced to eliminate its use altogether under a new rule local regulators are weighing. The South Coast Air Quality Management District is still weeks away from releasing a draft rule, but […]
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Hydrofluoric acid: Air regulators propose stricter controls but not ban on toxic refinery chemical
Air quality regulators rolled out a new proposal this week to keep a toxic chemical used at refineries in Torrance and Wilmington from escaping and harming the public. They will explain the steps and take public testimony at a hearing in Torrance on Saturday. South Coast Air Quality Management District staffers will present their plan […]
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Court order sought to require refineries to advise public about accidental chemical releases
A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an effort to win a court order forcing the federal agency that oversees safety in the oil and chemical industries to require the public disclosure of accidental releases of hazardous materials. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which is probing the February 2015 […]
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Opinion: Who is telling the truth about the Torrance refinery?
It has been asserted, without any specifics, that warnings on the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance door hangers in its recent 100,000 door-hanger campaign are incorrect and misleading and contain false claims about risks caused by the Torrance refinery. The TRAA Science Advisory Panel of eight local scientists and engineers with extensive experience with highly toxic […]
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Judge’s ruling hamstrings federal probe into Torrance refinery explosion, critics claim
A former official at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board contends a federal judge’s recent ruling could not only hamper the federal agency’s ability to conduct a full investigation into the February 2015 blast at the Torrance refinery, but severely undermine its capacity to conduct future probes. U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall issued the ruling […]
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Torrance group launches public outreach over refinery dangers
In a weeklong public safety awareness blitz, local activists are distributing 100,000 door hangers to South Bay homes surrounding the Torrance refinery, the same number they say could be affected by a catastrophic leak of a toxic chemical the plant uses to refine gasoline. The $10,000 campaign by grass-roots group the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance […]
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