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China rocked by second deadly chemical plant blast in two weeks

2015-08-23 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A huge explosion ripped through a chemical plant in eastern China, killing one person and injuring nine, Xinhua news agency said, less than two weeks after two deadly blasts destroyed a warehouse storing chemicals in the northeast. The fire on Saturday night in Huantai in the eastern province of Shandong was put out after about five hours and authorities said no contamination has been detected, Xinhua said. But the disaster is bound to raise more questions about safety standards in a country...

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Thousands of cars damaged in blast

2015-08-21 20:05:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Almost six thousand Jaguar Land Rover cars, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, may have been destroyed in the Chinese port city, says the carmaker.

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Blast Kills 114, Exposes Lapse in Hazmat Regs

2015-08-19 21:43:00| Chemical Processing

Officials looking into hazardous chemical practices at Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics Co.

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PG&E pays California $300M toward penalty for pipeline blast

2015-08-14 06:46:52| Energy - Topix.net

California's biggest power utility says it's paid a $300 million penalty to the state's general fund for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed more than three dozen homes in suburban San Francisco. The payment announced Thursday by is part of a larger $1.6 billion penalty levied against Pacific Gas & Electric earlier this year for the blast in San Bruno.

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