EditorialA major petrochemical facility in Westlake, La., near Lake Charles, where residents were bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Delta, on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (William Widmer/The New York Times)
EditorialDomingo Flores, who suspects he contracted the coronavirus at the petrochemical plant where he works, recuperates at Houston Methodist Hospital, July 4, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)