{"id":1983757,"date":"2023-07-26T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-experienced-27-chemical-incidents-in-first-half-of-2023-nearly-a-quarter-of-national-cases\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T22:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:10:37","slug":"texas-experienced-27-chemical-incidents-in-first-half-of-2023-nearly-a-quarter-of-national-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-experienced-27-chemical-incidents-in-first-half-of-2023-nearly-a-quarter-of-national-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas had 27 chemical incidents in H1 2023, accounting for almost 25% of national cases."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-experienced-27-chemical-incidents-in-first-half-of-2023-nearly-a-quarter-of-national-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Texas Leads in Chemical Incidents in the United States<\/h2>\n<p>According to data compiled by the Coalition\u200b to Prevent Chemical Disasters, Texas has experienced 27 chemical incidents in the first half of 2023, accounting for nearly a quarter of all incidents\u2064 in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This year, there have been\u2062 over 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-attorneys-general-fight-biden-epas-environmental-justice-rule-that-will-increase-energy-costs-even-more\/\" title=\"12 Attorneys General Fight Biden EPA's \"Environmental Justice\" Rule That Will Increase Energy Costs Even More\">chemical accidents<\/a> reported in the U.S. so far, with Texas having the highest number. If this trend continues, 2023 \u200cwill witness the highest number of chemical incidents since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-how-nebraska-has-the-lowest-unemployment-rate-in-the-nation-gov-pete-ricketts\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: How Nebraska Has the Lowest Unemployment Rate in the Nation: Gov. Pete Ricketts\">data collection began<\/a> in 2021. Shockingly, on average, a chemical fire, explosion, or toxic \u200brelease occurs every two days in\u2063 the country.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Safety Regulations<\/h3>\n<p>The data\u2063 collected by the Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters includes incidents not covered by the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s Risk\u200c Management Program, providing\u2064 a broader scope of information than official databases.<\/p>\n<p>Given the\u200b alarming number of incidents, various groups are calling for stricter safety regulations for chemical storage and transport facilities. The EPA&#8217;s Risk Management\u200d Program currently regulates around \u206312,000 facilities in the U.S. that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-experienced-27-chemical-incidents-in-first-half-of-2023-nearly-a-quarter-of-national-cases\/\" title=\"Texas had 27 chemical incidents in H1 2023, accounting for almost 25% of national cases.\">handle highly hazardous chemicals<\/a>, aiming to prevent chemical disasters. However,\u200b the\u2063 frequency\u2063 of \u2064chemical incidents, including fires, explosions, and\u2064 toxic releases, indicates the need for further\u200c action to protect\u200c workers and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 organizations\u2062 have urged the EPA to strengthen its proposal to ensure compliance with the law and\u200c the agency&#8217;s commitments\u200b on \u2062environmental justice, worker safety, and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064recent derailment of a \u2064Norfolk Southern train carrying\u200d toxic chemicals in February has \u200balso\u200d brought renewed national attention to the issue of chemical accidents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> for more\u2063 information from The Washington\u200b Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on track to surpass previous years in terms of chemical incidents in Texas. With 27 incidents already recorded in the first half of the year, Texas accounts for almost a quarter of all incidents in the United States. The Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters has reported over 100 accidents nationwide, making Texas the state with the highest number of incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1983758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}