Newsom Weighs Bill To Expand Refinery Worker Protections To Biofuel Plants

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is weighing whether to enact a bill unanimously backed by state legislators that would expand the state’s stringent petroleum refinery worker-safety standards to biorefineries and other facilities, in response to labor union concerns about a recent series of fires at renewable fuel production plants that caused serious injuries. “This bill will promote an equitable solution because it will protect all refinery workers that can be exposed to toxic materials and dangerous conditions,” argues Assemblyman Isaac...