Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases - despite US warnings to big oil

After multiple worker fatalities, the US government warned manual gauging was dangerous. The oil industry seems to have not taken note, activists sayThis story is co-published with Drilled, a non-profit newsroom focused on climate accountabilityJeff Springman climbed the metal stairs on an oil storage tank at a production site in west Texas and opened the small hatch at the top.He was going to test the fluid in the tank before pumping it into his truck, a practice known as manual gauging. Instead he was engulfed by invisible chemicals that had built up inside. Continue reading...