Oil – Page 42 – People's World

Regulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast

March 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.

The BP Texas City oil plant blast: What’s changed and what hasn’t

March 20, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Nine years ago, on March 23, 2005, the British Petroleum oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, an hour south of Houston, in so many words, blew up.

Chicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations

March 18, 2014 By David Bender

Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...

Hundreds arrested at White House in XL pipeline protest

March 5, 2014 By John Bachtell

In a dramatic sign of growing opposition to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, 398 students were arrested March 2 after they chained themselves to the White House fence.

Venezuela’s Bolivarian government defends against rightist violence

February 18, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is facing its biggest challenge since his electoral victory on April 14, 2013 - still unrecognized by the U.S. government.