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Power Outages Increase Pollution from Gulf Coast Refineries

October 1, 2012 7:00 am by: Mose Buchele

A flare off caused by a power outage in Houston.A flare off caused by a power outage in Houston.

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With the kind of powerful thunderstorms we have in Texas, it’s no big surprise that sometimes there are power outages.  They’re an inconvenience for most of us.  But they can be down-right dangerous when they happen to the state’s massive petrochemical plants and refineries. As  Dave Fehling reports for StateImpact Texas.

 

 

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