Daily Dispatch 9/17/24: Houston Pipeline Fire Shows Need For Petrochemical Protections, and More

Progress Texas Podcasts · Sep 17, 2024 · 7m

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A minor car crash caused that massive petrochemical pipeline fire in the eastern Houston suburbs yesterday: https://apnews.com/article/pipeline-fire-texas-659141b9f88ed2b324c36fce2735746f ...The pipeline is owned by Energy Transfer, led by oil billionaire Kelcy Warren: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pipeline-fire-erupts-la-porte-texas-prompting-evacuations-2024-09-16/ ...Houston area Representative Gene Wu says we might know what chemicals are being burned into East Houston's air, had Republicans not voted against that rule…