Safety
Title V Permitting Petitions get a New Look
Noting that the Clean Air Act’s (CAA) petition process for Title V permits will benefit from additional clarity and transparency, the EPA has issued...
Actively Engaging Employees Using Five Pillars of Safety
Safety culture is the shared beliefs, experiences, attitudes and passions of a group of people. A world-class safety culture in a work environment is ...
$280k in Fines for Hexavalent Chromium Exposure, Other Hazards
OSHA has cited Cleveland Brothers Inc. – doing business as CB HYMAC – for exposing workers to hexavalent chromium fumes and other safety hazards a...
IEA’s Push for Climate Ambition Must Start at Home
The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Global CO2 emissions in 2019report is the latest edition of bad data interpretation and visualisation. Their...
Air Pollution from Fossil Fuels Costs $8 Billion Per Day, New Research Finds
The economic and health costs of air pollution from burning fossil fuels totaled $2.9 trillion in 2018, calculated in the form of work absences, years...
30 Years of Being (almost always) Right
Environmental journalists have a long history of being proven right on key issues. Their trade group turned 30 this week. It’s an epic birth sto...
“Calculating Air Pollution’s Death Toll, Across State Lines”
“Here’s further proof that air pollution ignores borders: In most states, about half of the premature deaths caused by poor air quality are li...
Department of Energy Awards $187 Million to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $187 million in funding, including $48 million of cost share, for 55 projects in 25 states to ...
TSCA Fees: EPA Issues Preliminary List of Affected Manufacturers
The EPA has published preliminary lists of manufacturers (including importers) that will need to pay fees to defray the costs of risk evaluations the ...
EIA Forecasts U.S. and Global Energy Cases, CO2 Emissions
According to projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the United States from burning foss...
Toxins May Have Been Released During Incidents at Chevron Refinery
Flaring at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California this week caused employees to be evacuated and disruptions in operations, according to news so...
Crystalline Silica: OSHA Revises Its National Emphasis Program
On February 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) for enforcement of the constructio...