Environment & Animal Welfare
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.
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A Massachusetts judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to submit 40 years of documents regarding the company's studies of the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the confirmation hearing of Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil, to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of State:
"#RexTillersonKnew."
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Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, has called for an end to climate investigations of Exxon.