Environment & Animal Welfare
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY:
REP. TED W. LIEU ON HBO'S REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 24th 10PM ET | PT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on President Trump's budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2018.
With each passing Torrance refinery blast, fire, hydrofluoric acid leak, crane collapse, power outage or smoke-belching emergency flare, calls have grown for measures to make the plant safer
Smog regulators said they are "very disappointed" with repeated explosions and fires at the Torrance Refining Company, and announced plans for a hearing to investigate smog coming from a series of explosions at the gasoline refinery.
Concerned about repeated problems at the PBF Energy-owned oil refinery in Torrance in the aftermath of a weekend fire, the region's pollution-control agency said Sunday it plans to conduct a community hearing to get to the bottom of things.
Torrance firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire Saturday morning at the Torrance Refining Co. complex.
On a day when activists marked the two-year anniversary of an explosion that rocked the then-ExxonMobil refinery and showered neighborhoods with industrial debris, another fire erupted at the troubled Torrance plant early Saturday.
It's been nearly two years since Nadia Levine fielded the frantic calls — the first one from her husband, the next from a coworker.