Category: Environmental

RCRA Regs for Hazardous Waste Management and Cleanup After LA Wildfires

On February 3, 2025, the EPA announced it launched the largest wildfire hazardous waste cleanup in the history of the Agency as it assists local governments and residents in the wake of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles County. As of that date, the EPA had completed reconnaissance at 6,022 properties, which included 3,636 properties impacted […]

‘Fork in the Road’ for Trump’s EPA

President Donald Trump hit the ground running in his second term, issuing 36 Executive Orders (EO) in his first week of office compared with only four EOs in the first week of his first term in office. EOs impacting the EPA The following initial EOs provide insights into this administration’s agenda and directly affect EPA […]

EHS Enviro, Social, & Governance Week: A Review

As EHS Daily Advisor’s Enviro, Social, & Governance Week wraps up, let’s recap the various content offerings that became available throughout the week. A special thanks to Avetta, Dakota Software, and KPA for sponsoring the week. Monday Back to Basics | Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information […]

Faces of EHS: Focusing on ESG

With Enviro, Social, & Governance Week in full swing, we’re sharing some ESG insights from some of our recent Faces of EHS guests. Here are their answers to the question, “What will be the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles on the EHS industry?” Amanda Rawls Amanda Rawls is EHS Regional Director, KPA. Awareness. […]

New York Enacts Climate Change Superfund

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed S.2129-B/A.3351-B into law. This legislation creates a Climate Change Adaptation Cost Recovery Program, which shifts the costs of climate adaptation to companies deemed responsible for contributing to climate change. Funding from the program will be used for “critical infrastructure investments, such as coastal protection and flood mitigation systems, […]

Montana Supreme Court Upholds Right to Stable Climate

Last month, the Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a lower court’s decision that the Montana State Constitution provides a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment [that] includes climate as part of the environmental life support system.” “The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis […]

Back to Basics: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint. As more businesses get up to speed with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, one of the basic steps involved in working on the […]

Looking Ahead to EHS Enviro, Social, & Governance Week

Join us February 10-14 for a full week of online events and digital resources around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. Register for events today. Learn how to incorporate ESG into your organization for 2025 and beyond. Monday, February 10 Panel Session | What’s the Future of ESG? Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Sponsored by: Dakota Software, KPA Moderator: Jay Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, EHS Daily Advisor […]

EPA Finalizes Interim Decision on Worker Protection for Ethylene Oxide Pollution

On January 14, 2025, the EPA announced it released the Interim Decision for Ethylene Oxide (EtO), which is a pesticide used on 50% of all sterilized medical devices in the United States and on approximately 30% of dried herbs and spices. “EtO is known to cause cancer, including lymphocytic leukemia, breast cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and […]

Are California’s Clean Vehicle Waivers in Jeopardy Under the Trump Administration?

In a letter dated January 13, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) withdrew its request for a Clean Air Act (CAA) waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleet Regulation. The original request sought a waiver to allow the state to enact rules to require all medium- and heavy-duty trucks operating within the Golden State to […]