Tag: Center for Public Integrity

Campaign Cash Rules Drown in the Bathtub

Post author By Bill Moyers & Co.
Post date December 24, 2013

I’m speculating here, but as we approach year’s end, I assume that Grover Norquist hasn’t been visited by Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and found spiritual redemption. Nonetheless, I’m betting that Grover Norquist feels pretty…

Tags Big Government, campaign cash, Campaign Finance Reform, Center for Public Integrity, Citizens United, Congress, corruption, FCC, Federal Election Commission, Grover Norquist, National Association of Broadcasters, political campaigns, Sunlight Foundation

Business

Texas Fertilizer Plant Lacked Regulatory Oversight

Post author By Guest Writer
Post date April 26, 2013

What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators? Photo by www,businessinsider. A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people and hurt more than 200, authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded. Here’s what we do know: The […]

Tags ammonium nitrate fertilizer, Center for Public Integrity, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, fertilizer, OSHA, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service, U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, West Chemical and Fertilizer Company