Editorial: Texas AG off-base in decision not to release chemical locations

2014-07-08T13:53:05-05:00

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published July 7, 2014 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s comments about disclosure of where dangerous chemicals are stored in the state proved to be almost as explosive as a bin of ammonium nitrate. Abbott, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, has been criticized after his office ruled the Texas Department of State Health Services did not have to release the names and locations of the storage facilities, something the agency had routinely done in the past. That decision seemed particularly odd coming just a year after the horrific explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, when fire ignited a [...]