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Chemical Industry Leaders Object to Anti-Terror Bill

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Twenty-seven of the nation’s leading chemical and petrochemical manufacturers, purchasers, distributors and related organizations signed on to a letter sent to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, respectively.  In the letter sent this morning, they expressed four major concerns about H.R. [...]

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Emergency Plan Fails to Consider EMP Threat

August 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Soon after publishing Oil Crisis Pales in Comparison to EMP Threat, a post offering insight into the threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack against the United States, I decided to review the Department of Homeland Security’s recently-released National Emergency Communications Plan and examine the young agency’s take on the matter. Surprisingly, the 83-page plan [...]

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