Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Hurricane Harvey damaged ExxonMobil refineries, causing hazardous pollutants to leak

After Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas last weekend, you probably didn’t think the situation could get any worse. Sadly, it did. On Tuesday, ExxonMobil acknowledged that two of its refineries were damaged during the natural disaster, causing hazardous pollutants to leak into the environment. The acknowledgment was made in a regulatory filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, following repeated complaints on social media of an “unbearable” chemical...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/hurricane-harvey-damaged-exxonmobil-refineries-causing-hazardous-pollutants-to-leak
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