Industry ponders efforts
Chemical industry leaders joined with federal and state authorities Tuesday in Harrisburg to talk tough on counterterrorism. (2004-06-09)
Rival bills aim to remedy security problems
Two bills designed to revamp shoddy chemical security nationwide are destined for a Senate showdown. (2003-11-17)
Chemical sites still vulnerable
Two years after 9/11, terrorists still have unfettered access to potentially catastrophic amounts of toxins and explosives nationwide, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and "60 Minutes" have found. (2003-11-16)
Coming Sunday
For the last 18 months, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has been investigating security at the nation's chemical plants. The Trib will publish and CBS will air the investigation Sunday. (2003-11-15)
Factory security slowly changes
Nearly two years after Sept. 11, 2001, the chemical industry is edging toward getting its collective counterterrorism house in order.
(2003-06-22)
Panel passes chemical bill
The Chemical Security Act, passed by the Senate's Environmental and Public Works Committee, would force makers and users of toxic and explosive chemicals to file new security plans with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2002-07-26)
EPA's security push fails
Despite improved security at water utilities nationwide, leaked documents show an embattled U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unable to force such reforms for chemical manufacturers and shippers. (2002-07-14)
EPA regulations on hold
Internal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents leaked to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reveal a department struggling to create chemical security regulations while increasingly under siege from the $450 billion chemical industry and a handful of Republican congressmen. (2002-06-27)
Plants improve security
In the wake of a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review probe of chemical plant security nationwide, dozens of companies instituted immediate reforms to remedy lax safeguards. (2002-06-16)
Plants prove vulnerable
A probe by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review into chemical plant security in Baltimore, Chicago and Houston found safeguards so lax that a potential terrorist can easily reach massive tanks of toxins. (2002-05-05)
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