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EPA’s Air Monitoring Rule Upheld by D.C. Circuit
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected challenges the Sierra Club mounted against procedures the EPA uses to approve plans states develop to monitor compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
Recognition of Tank Gauging Hazards Leads to Increased Liability
As late as 2014, workers who died during tank gauging and other activities that involved opening the thieves’ hatch on oilfield tanks were recorded as resulting from “natural causes.” As a result, surviving family members were not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. A recent court case out of Colorado could change that. Jim Freemyer, a […]
WOTUS Redefined in Response to SCOTUS Sackett Decision
On August 29, 2023, the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a final rule amending the 2023 definition of “waters of the United States (WOTUS)” to conform with the recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision in Sackett v. EPA. Having a clear and defensible definition of WOTUS is critical for Clean […]
EHS Job Trends: A Look at Training
What does the future hold for environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals? Where do they get paid the best, and where are prospects dimming? Yesterday we looked at recent trends for safety and health engineers and emergency management directors. Today we will take a peek at what jobs look like for EHS professionals interested in […]
Faces of EHS: William Palmer on the Value of Safety Tech
William Palmer is an experienced EHS leader and product marketing manager at Cority, an enterprise EHS and sustainability software provider. As EHS Daily Advisor celebrates EHS Technology Week 2025, Palmer highlighted emerging safety tech as “a powerful enabler that can augment human expertise and fuel more informed decision-making.” Over the past 20 years, Palmer has […]
NEPA Draft Guidance: Comment Period Extended, Climate Considerations Mostly Absent
In response to public requests, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is extending the comment period on its draft National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Comments on the draft will now be accepted by the CEQ until August 26, 2019.
Another Court Loss for Coal Export Project
A proposed project to construct a terminal in Longview, Washington, from which up to 44 million metric tons of Western coal would be shipped annually to Asian ports, hit another snag when a U.S. district judge dismissed a claim by the project’s sponsors (plaintiffs) that Washington State’s denial of a water quality permit for the […]
The TSCA Reform Bills Have Passed Through the Senate
Senate passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (S. 697) last week is a historic moment in U.S. environmental law. But a great deal of work remains to be done before the objective of the bill—comprehensive reform of the outdated and widely ineffective Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—is complete. […]
EHSDA Song of the Week: Industrial Disease
This week’s entry in the EHSDA Song of the Week actually discusses work-related illness. A few years before they blew up with “Money For Nothing,” English rock act Dire Straits was releasing albums that were well-received on both sides of the Atlantic. On their 1982 album Love Over Gold, the band released the single “Industrial […]