CHRISTIANSTED — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to send experts and staff to a recently reopened St. Croix refinery as soon as this week
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Health Commissioner Breaks Down Health Risks From Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
CHRISTIANSTED — Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) advises the community that the department has confirmed that there
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EPA Pulls Permit For Limetree Bay Refinery Over ‘Environmental Justice’ Concerns
CHRISTIANSTED — Amid concerns raised by and appeals filed by non-governmental organizations, members of the community and the company itself, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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EPA Blocks Limetree Bay Expansion Pending Environmental Justice Review
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today said it has revoked an expansion permit for the Limetree Bay oil refinery in St, Croix, citing
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Far From White House, St. Croix Refinery To Test Biden’s Promises On Poverty and Pollution
CHRISTIANSTED — Earlier this month, Loren Hughes, a longtime resident of St. Croix, noticed specks of an oily substance covering his home, as well as
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Green Groups Call Limetree Bay An ‘Environmental Monster,’ Ask Biden’s EPA To Shut ‘Dirty Refinery’ Down
CHRISTIANSTED — Community and conservation groups filed a legal appeal today challenging the federal permit for the controversial Limetree Bay refinery on St. Croix that had a soft-opening in
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Refinery Worker Who Raped Woman On Christiansted Boardwalk New Year’s Day Captured In Louisiana: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — A Louisiana man is under arrest a year after a woman reported he had raped her on the Christiansted boardwalk on New Year’s
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Security Guard Robbed At Gunpoint In Limetree Bay Housing Facility: VIPD
CHRISTIANSTED — A security guard was robbed of his jewelry inside the Limetree Bay refinery housing facility early Saturday morning, authorities said. The 911 Emergency
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SHUTDOWN LOOMING? BP May Cut Off Oil Supply To St. Croix’s Limetree Bay Refinery If It Stays Idle
CHRISTIANSTED — The problem-plagued Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix may lose its main supplier of crude oil, British Petroleum (BP), if it isn’t successfully
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Refinery Worker Found Dead In A Drainage Ditch By Limetree Bay Housing Identified As Texas Man
CHRISTIANSTED — A refinery worker whose body was found in a gut on the Hess Road near Limetree Bay’s man camp on Wednesday has been
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