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Delaware City Refinery faces nearly $1 million penalty for May toxic gas release

Environmental regulators in Delaware have hit the Delaware City Refinery in New Castle County with an almost ONE MILLION dollar fine. 

WHYY News' Zoe Read reports the penalty comes after the refinery released sulfur dioxide - a toxic gas - for three weeks.

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