/tags/west West en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:40:15 GMT /texas/2019-11-25/trump-administration-rolls-back-regulations-enacted-after-west-explosion From Texas Standard:In 2013, a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the small city of West, Texas, killed 15 people and injured hundreds more. The� Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:40:15 GMT /texas/2019-11-25/trump-administration-rolls-back-regulations-enacted-after-west-explosion Rhonda Fanning /energy-environment/2019-11-21/trump-epa-eases-safety-requirements-enacted-after-west-explosion Days before President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule aimed at preventing tragedies like the� Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:22:25 GMT /energy-environment/2019-11-21/trump-epa-eases-safety-requirements-enacted-after-west-explosion Kiah Collier /texas/2019-04-17/west-unveils-memorial-six-years-after-fertilizer-plant-explosion-killed-15 From Texas Standard:The Texas town of West is known as a Czech cultural hub across the state. It’s a town famous for its local bakeries, which serve up� Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:20:20 GMT /texas/2019-04-17/west-unveils-memorial-six-years-after-fertilizer-plant-explosion-killed-15 Morgan Kuehler /energy-environment/2017-06-22/epa-delays-safety-rules-created-after-explosion-at-west-fertilizer-plant After an explosion at a fertilizer plant killed 15 people in West, Texas, in 2013, the EPA created new safety protections for the storage of dangerous� Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:18:44 GMT /energy-environment/2017-06-22/epa-delays-safety-rules-created-after-explosion-at-west-fertilizer-plant Mose Buchele