Article from E&ENews by Politoco
EPA launched a landmark update to oil refinery regulations almost a decade ago that was supposed to deliver big cuts to the industry’s vast stock of hazardous air pollutants. …
But the toughened rules haven’t delivered for everyone, POLITICO’s E&E News has found in an investigation. In the Salt Lake City area, releases from a Big West Oil plant almost quadrupled during the same period, from about 48,000 pounds to 170,000 pounds. At a Torrance, California, refinery owned by PBF Energy, emissions rose some 75 percent, from about 165,000 pounds to almost 293,000 pounds. Around both plants, the proportion of low-income residents and people of color similarly exceeds the respective state and national averages.
Torrance Refinery Action Alliance 