Source: This oil refinery poses a major environmental justice test for Biden – The Washington Post
An oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that the Environmental Protection Agency shut down last spring now poses the risk of a fire, explosion or other “catastrophic” releases of “extremely hazardous substances,” the agency found in a report released this week, Maxine reports this morning.
The idled plant on St. Croix, formerly known as the Limetree Bay refinery, experienced a series of accidents over the course of last year that spewed noxious fumes and showered oil droplets onto nearby homes, sending some residents to emergency rooms.
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