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Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

12/9/2021

The Industrial Infrastructure Catastrophe Hanging Over the Gulf Coast

The flooding and destruction of the refineries and storage facilities along 52 miles of the Houston Ship Channel is a matter of if, not when, says environmental lawywer Jim Blackburn.