Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, May 2, 2024 By: Oliver Milman New climate rules imposed by Joe Biden’s administration requiring huge cuts in carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants will accelerate the decline of an industry that until recently provided most of America’s power, experts say, potentially even dealing a death blow to coal in the US. Coal, […]

Source: https://www.kron4.com/, May 2, 2024 By: Hamza Fahmy The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a civil complaint in federal court today against the City and County of San Francisco for claims of Clean Water Act violations spanning the last decade. According to the EPA, over 1.8 billion gallons of combined sewage have been discharged […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com/m April 29, 2024 By: Angeli Mehta When Ruediger Kuehr started asking municipalities in his home country of Germany what they would do when the hundreds of thousands of electronic tablets distributed to school students during the pandemic came to the end of their lives, he was met with blank faces. The electronics engineer, […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 30, 2024 By: Nina Kakhani</span. Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems, endangering wildlife and human health, a new investigation reveals.Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide were among the 371m lb of pollutants released into waterways […]

Source: https://apnews.com/, April 30, 2024 By: Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of  methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems. The EPA said its action will protect Americans from health […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, April 25, 2024 By: Jeff Brady The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules on Thursday to limit the pollution from power plants that drives climate change. Power plants are the second biggest source of planet-heating greenhouse gasses behind transportation, according to the EPA. Under the regulations, existing coal and new natural gas-fired power plants that […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, April 22, 2024 By: Clark Mindock The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the country’s Superfund program, accelerating a crackdown on toxic compounds known as “forever chemicals.” The rule will require companies to report leaks of two of the most commonly […]

Source: https://www.wbur.org/, April 19, 2024 By: Barbara Moran The Environmental Protection Agency is designating two PFAS chemicals as “hazardous substances” under the government’s Superfund law, allowing federal regulators to force polluters to pay for cleanup of the toxic so-called “forever chemicals.” EPA singled out the two chemicals, PFOS and PFOA, as particularly harmful, stating in recent press […]

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, April 18, 2024 By: Ian James After years of analysis and debate, California regulators have adopted a nation-leading drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen found in water supplies across the state. The dangers of the toxic heavy metal, also known as chromium-6, became widely known in the 1990s after a court […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, April 17, 2024 By: Autumn Demberger Construction projects are booming. That’s because demand is returning to its pre-pandemic levels, no longer impeded by mass closures, supply chain stalls or a lack of labor. Businesses and homeowners are looking to build, and the industry is more than happy to oblige. “The pre-COVID building boom, […]

Source: https://thehill.com/, April 16, 2024 By: Zack Budryk The Labor Department on Tuesday issued long-awaited rules governing acceptable levels of exposure to silica dust, a compound linked to terminal breathing issues in miners. Under the final rule, the exposure limit will be lowered to 50 micrograms per cubic foot of air over the course of […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, April 2, 2024 By: Jeff Slivka Professional protective indemnity coverage is an effective financing mechanism for contractors and owners who are hiring design professionals or engineering firms. Both owners protective indemnity and contractors protective indemnity coverage insure against the risk of catastrophic damages caused by hired design professionals or engineering firms. 1 This added […]