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Join us March 24-28 for a full week of online events and digital resources around EHS technology. Register for events today. Learn how to incorporate technological tools and systems to keep your organization safe and up-to-date on all technological trends. Monday, March 24 Panel Session | Improve Workplace Safety with AI Time: 2 p.m. EDT Sponsored by: KPA, Intelex Moderator: Jay Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, EHS Daily […]
A combination of technical failures and unsafe operational practices at the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility in Martinez, California, led to a November 19, 2023, fire, according to a final report issued March 13 by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). During the facility’s initial start-up of a renewable diesel hydroprocessing unit, a […]
On March 18, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced $25 million in funding for the California Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP) in support of 89 community-based organizations. The initiative promotes workplace safety and educates workers about their rights. Twenty-one community groups in the Los Angeles region are set to receive nearly $6 million in […]
The Illinois Division of Occupational Safety and Health (IL OSHA) of the state’s Department of Labor (DOL) released a report of its investigation into the drowning of a public works employee in Springfield, the agency announced March 14. In February 2023, a 20-year-old maintenance worker drowned in a 12-inch water main vault that flooded during […]
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a split 5-to-4 decision, narrowly deciding in favor of the city of San Francisco in San Francisco v. the EPA on March 4, 2025. The decision makes it more difficult for the EPA to regulate the discharge of raw sewage that occasionally occurs during heavy rains in the city […]
In response to President Donald Trump’s memo titled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the EPA delayed until March 21, 2025, the effective date of a January 2025 regulation adding nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which makes these chemicals subject to reporting requirements under the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) and […]
It’s a confusing time to work for the EPA. In February 2025, the EPA announced it placed 171 employees in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and accessibility and environmental justice on administrative leave. “Under President [Donald] Trump, the EPA will be focused on our core mission to protect human health and the environment, while Powering […]
Four safety leaders have formed a new organization to support Black professionals working in occupational, environmental, health, and safety (OEHS). BOLD (Blacks in OEHS Leading Distinctively) was founded last year by Subena Colligan, CIH, CSP, Principal Coach, S. Colligan Coaching; Laynnea Myles, BS, MSc Occupational Safety and Health, Assistant Vice President of EHS at L’Oreal; […]
On March 4, Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced the availability of a five-day, online Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene course covering the foundations of safety practices and professions, which include anticipating, evaluating, preventing, and controlling workplace health and safety hazards. The course runs from July 7 to 11. The course is offered […]
A coalition of environmental and community groups have filed suit against the EPA due to its delay in responding to objections filed in a petition over an Arizona air pollution permit for a new heavy metals mine in the Patagonia Mountains south of Tucson, Arizona. The lawsuit, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Patagonia Area […]