New Images From Inside Site of Longview Paper Mill Implosion Showcase Extent of Damage

‘We are its voice’: Columbia River must be protected after mill disaster, tribes say

The tribal chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has called for transparency and accountability for any contamination that may have reached the Columbia River in the aftermath of a deadly chemical tank rupture and spill at a Longview paper mill.

New images from inside site of Longview paper mill implosion showcase extent of damage

The Washington State Department of Ecology has released detailed images from the Nippon Dynawave paper mill plant in Longview, where a chemical tank imploded.

Cleanup of Longview implosion site reaches a milestone

Efforts to dilute the drainage system in Longview following the May 26 implosion and spill are complete, the state says.

Longview implosion prompts Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez to fight for chemical safety board’s funding

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who represents Longview in Congress, successfully spearheaded an effort to restore funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the agency charged with identifying what caused the deadly implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.The chemical safety board is a small, nonregulatory, independent federal agency. It has a budget of about $14 million, which the Trump administration has repeated…

Why is dilution a cleanup strategy for the Longview mill disaster?

After a tank containing about 600,000 gallons of “white liquor” imploded in Longview on May 26, killing 11 people, cleanup efforts have largely consisted of diluting affected waterways. Read more...