June 16, 2020 | 5:26 PM
Company buying bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery promises 18,000 jobs in next 10 years
“It’s projects like this, I believe, that will help jump-start our economy."
tag | Philadelphia Energy Solutions
May 7, 2020 | 9:46 AM
Planned $120M renewable-energy plant at South Philly refinery site is not dead
February 12, 2020 | 5:22 AM
Philadelphia proposes banning hydrofluoric acid, toxic chemical in refinery explosion
The proposal stems from last summer’s explosion at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia.
February 10, 2020 | 9:19 AM
Philly has a new way to track air quality — but it won’t help in an emergency
Pretty much every day, the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery sent thick black-gray plumes of smoke into the air, to mingle with emissions from nearby Philadelphia International Airport and the two interstate highways that run through Grays Ferry.
January 30, 2020 | 9:18 AM
Pro-refinery factions intensify pressure to negate PES sale agreement
January 17, 2020 | 8:38 AM
Future of PES refinery could be decided Friday behind closed doors
Auction is scheduled, but it's 'very much an inside decision process,' one observer said
January 17, 2020 | 5:46 AM
High levels of cancer-causing gas recorded at PES refinery in May, report reveals
“Within the community, we never found levels of benzene high enough to indicate a threat to human health."
December 26, 2019 | 2:03 PM
Six months after the fire, both ex-refinery workers and PES struggle to find new lives
Many former employees of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery had to switch careers. A considerable number remain unemployed.