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datetime="2015-04-14T02:57:57.762623">Tuesday, April 14, 2015</time> </div> </header> </div> <div class="wrapper content-wrapper"> <div id="site_content" class="content bare"> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <header class="alt_header"> <h1>Trib Investigates</h1> </header> <div id="stories" class="grid two_columns clearfix" style="padding-top: 1em;"> <section class="cells"> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">Blood Lessons: An Investigation Into Refinery Deaths</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-26 06:00"> March 26, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-survivors_H8VFj1j_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-survivors_H8VFj1j_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Take a look back at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">Blood Lessons</a>, a Texas Tribune/<em>Houston Chronicle</em> investigation into whether the nation’s oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at BP’s Texas City plant in 2005. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/">Blood Lessons: Oil Refining Remains a Deadly Industry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen, The Houston Chronicle </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-25 06:00"> March 25, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-data_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-data_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>How many people die at oil refineries each year? Longstanding federal record-keeping practices make it incredibly tough to answer that simple question. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/">Review the deaths at refineries</a> in the 10 years before and after the infamous Texas City explosion. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/">Blood Lessons: Survivors Remember Texas City Disaster</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen, The Houston Chronicle </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-24 06:00"> March 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/Dleining_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/Dleining_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Ten years after the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion, hear from two workers who survived it — but lost many of their friends. These videos and vignettes are part of a collaboration between The Texas Tribune and the <em>Houston Chronicle</em>. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/">Blood Lessons: Unsafe Conditions Persist at Refineries</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-23 06:00"> March 23, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/DaysWoAccident_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/DaysWoAccident_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Ten years after the 2005 Texas City explosion, there is little evidence that the 15 lives lost on that March day brought needed changes to the nation's refining industry, a joint <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/">Texas Tribune/<em>Houston Chronicle</em> investigation</a> shows. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">Blood Lessons: Could Texas City Tragedy Happen Again?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Sun, 22 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-22 06:00"> March 22, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/BP-Explosion_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/BP-Explosion_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/https://cms.texastribune.org/admin/pointers/pointer/83887/texastribune.org">The Texas Tribune</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2F&ei=u2AMVf7DE5KhyASS2oH4Ag&usg=AFQjCNExYA26_9hBWkCiOa8bUXtsK1hthw&sig2=JFsI68WJ_fsAb1afQhg33g"><em>Houston Chronicle</em></a> spent months examining whether the nation’s oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. Ten years later, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">their investigation shows</a>, the death toll has barely slowed.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Revisiting the Undrinkable Series</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-13 06:00"> March 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-repush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>The Texas Tribune's five-part </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series looks at </span><span>border communities that lack reliable, clean water despite a multibillion-dollar effort that has spanned decades.</span><br/></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/">For Two Border Towns, Water Plan Falls Amid Ineptitude</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 06:00"> March 12, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riobravo_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Most Rio Bravo and El Cenizo residents don't trust the tap water despite a new water treatment plant that was <span>supposed to vault the two poor border towns into a better standard of living.</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.35;">This is part of our </span><a style="line-height: 1.35;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> series on border communities that lack reliable, clean water.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-grande-city/">Patchwork of Unreliability Keeps Clean Water From Some</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150414075758/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-11 06:00"> March 11, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-grande-city/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riogrande_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/06/Undrinkable-leadart-riogrande_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In theory, clean, safe water should be flowing to all of Rio Grande City's 14,000 residents, but a long-standing arrangement with a handful of locally owned corporations keeps it from some parts of town. </span><span>This is part of our five-story </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/">Undrinkable</a><span> series.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414075758/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-grande-city/"> <i 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