Freedom Industries Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:01:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Freedom Industries Chemical Spill Closes Schools a Month Later https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:23:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45788 Now-bankrupt Freedom Industries, a month ago, spilled thousands of gallons of chemicals into the Elk River in West Virginia, affecting some 300,000 residents in the area. Cleanup efforts since the January 9th Freedom Industries chemical spill are ongoing, sort of, and is basically restricted to making sure no more of the stuff makes it into […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/feed/ 2 45788 Freedom Industries Chemical Spill Bigger Than Previously Thought https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-bigger-previously-thought-20140130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-bigger-previously-thought-20140130/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:38:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45568 A chemical spill in West Virginia, which was first detected January 9, was worse than Freedom Industries originally let on, meaning cleanup efforts and people’s daily lives are going to be harder to address. Freedom Industries owns the tank that leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River, spilling some 10,000 gallons of MCHM and PPH (4-methylcyclohexane […]

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