IN September 2001, the AZF Chemical plant in Toulouse, France, was destroyed by a massive explosion, killing 30 people in the country's worst-ever industrial accident. It was determined the accident ...

Hurricane Harvey, and especially the flooding along the Gulf Coast that accompanied the storm, offered a litmus test for the safety of the nation’s petrochemical and refining industry. With a few ...

A single warehouse catching fire, or a storage tank collapsing and ejecting its deadly contents, could spell doom for the environment. At a time like this, a great deal of devastation could happen in ...