Source: https://grist.org/, February 20, 2024 By: Naveena Sadasivam The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 U.S. climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks — particularly when it comes to the potent greenhouse gas methane, […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, February 12, 2024 By: Garret Ellison An electroplating chemical spill which turned a metro Detroit creek a bright shade of turquoise contained toxic PFAS and heavy metals but the pollution was not concentrated enough to pose a significant health risk, say regulators, The Bear Creek drain in Warren is running clear again after a water […]

Source: https://bankerandtradesman.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Steve Adams Developers of State Street Corp.’s new headquarters say design flaws that failed to take into account Boston’s frigid winters forced them to sacrifice leasable space and drove up project costs. The 1.1 million-square-foot One Congress tower opened last fall on a portion of the Government Center garage […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Colleen Wilson The engineer who oversaw NJ Transit’s Portal North Bridge project accused the agency of ignoring his whistleblower concerns about the new bridge’s design, which he alleges led to retaliation and discrimination, says a recently filed lawsuit. Within months of his hiring at NJ Transit in 2021, Mohammed […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 7, 2024 By: Alejandra Borunda When Cynthia Pinto-Cabrera developed asthma at 12, it didn’t seem that unusual to her. Lots of her classmates in California’s San Joaquin Valley carried inhalers to school. Her little brother needed a nebulizer every morning just to start his day breathing right. But when she left the […]

Source: https://plusblog.org/ In this continuous blog series, PLUS teams up with experienced industry professionals to explore the most recent market trends. In this edition, we highlight Craig Kavanagh, partner at Manire Galla Curley LLP. Throughout our conversation with Craig, he shared valuable perspectives on trends and risks in the professional liability market, sharing a distinctive […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 2, 2024 By: Ayana Archie The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that nine PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” be categorized as hazardous to human health. The EPA signed a proposal Wednesday that would deem the chemicals “hazardous constituents” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. For the agency to consider a […]

Source: https://www.michiganpublic.org/, February 1, 2024 By: Tracy Samilton A private engineering firm will pay $25 million to settle its part of a Flint water crisis lawsuit. Plaintiffs in the class-action case said Veolia North America failed to recommend the proper steps to keep lead out of the city’s drinking water. Read more.

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, February 1, 2024 By: Zachary Phillips Three people died and nine more sustained injuries when a privately owned airplane hangar under construction collapsed in Boise, Idaho, Wednesday. Five of those injured in the collapse, which occurred at 5 p.m. local time Wednesday, were in critical condition at nearby hospitals, according to a city press release. […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com/, January 30, 2024 By: Phil Hall Attorney General William Tong filed an enforcement action today against United Illuminating, a division of Avangrid (NYSE:AGR), for failing to remediate the contamination at its defunct English Station power plant in New Haven. English Station operated as a coal and oil-fired power plant for United Illuminating from […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, January 24, 2024 By: Gavin Souter A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that an Amtrust Financial Services Inc. unit must pay for the defense of a construction company facing a bodily injury claim related to the cleanup of the 2018 Camp Fire in California. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, January 28, 2024 Environmental officials in Ohio were back on the scene Sunday of a fiery tanker truck crash, working to contain thousands of gallons (liters) of diesel fuel that spilled during the accident. The truck that crashed Saturday morning, killing the driver, was carrying about 7,500 gallons (28,390 liters) of diesel, according […]