Larry Buhl

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onJun 19, 2016 @ 05:58 PDT

U.S. oilfield workers are facing a big problem, and it’s not just the depressed prices in the worldwide oil markets. Those who have jobs, especially the lowest level and dangerous jobs in the oilf...
onMay 31, 2016 @ 08:00 PDT

On the morning of February 18, 2015, the ExxonMobil oil refinery in Torrance, California exploded, causing chemical ash to rain on the surrounding community for hours. Eight workers had to be decon...
onMay 22, 2016 @ 04:58 PDT

When residents don’t trust the company who poisoned their water and soil, and they don’t trust the government agencies mandated to stop the company, they’ll either ignore everything and hope for th...
onMay 13, 2016 @ 13:46 PDT

On Tuesday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 380, which requires rigorous testing protocols to prevent another disastrous blowout at the SoCal Gas Aliso Canyon facility north of Los...
onMay 9, 2016 @ 12:23 PDT

Louise Helton, owner of One Sun Solar Electric in Las Vegas, says that since January her company is doing more work removing solar panels from rooftops than installing them. But at least she’s stil...