JFRD Chief ‘pretty confident’ everyone safe after partial parking garage collapse in Riverside
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An active investigation is underway into Tuesday afternoon’s partial collapse of a parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside. Seventy-five firefighters responded to the call at 12:14 p.m., Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief...
Is New Mexico meeting climate change goals amid oil and gas rules?
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's 2019 executive order aimed for a 45% reduction in emissions by 2030, but a study by the Environmental Defense Fund predicts only a 1% reduction by 2025 and 13% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. The main issue lies in the state's...
‘Form silicosis diagnosis board in all districts’
Kolkata: The state Health department has directed the Chief Medical Officers of Health (CMOHs) in all the districts to form a silicosis diagnosis board in all the districts. The CMOHs have been asked to nominate one chest specialist, a general physician, a...
On Labor Day and every day, construction industry’s worst hazards deserve everyone’s attention
While most of the people in the United States have cookouts on their minds this Labor Day, the construction industry remains one of the nation’s most hazardous, especially for the nearly 1,000 people who die after suffering workplace injuries each year. They account...
Workplace Safety Officials Slap Albuquerque, Contractor With $1.1M Fine for Asbestos Exposure
State regulators have identified willful workplace safety violations that exposed employees at an overnight shelter for women to hazardous asbestos during construction work over a nearly one-year period, the New Mexico Environment Department announced Friday. The...
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month and one industry particularly impacted by suicide is construction. According to the United States Department of Labor's Occupational and Safety Health Administration, construction workers rate of suicide is 53 per...
Removing Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater
he release process involves seawater pumps pushing treated water through pipes to dilute it before release. This step is seen as essential due to the growing volume of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks since the plant's destruction in 2011. While the move has...
The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for ‘white gold’
Protesters in the Andes mountains of Jujuy, Argentina, are voicing concerns over the environmental and societal impacts of lithium mining, a growing industry linked to the demand for electric car batteries. The region, known as the "lithium triangle," holds the...
Environmental groups sue to stop Biden administration oil leases in Gulf
A coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration over its upcoming oil and gas lease sale, which will auction off 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege that the lease sales, mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act,...
New assessment reveals children’s environmental health risk perils
The first ever Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) assessment was jointly presented by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF on August 25 in Phnom Penh, unveiling important findings and recommendations. According to a UNICEF press statement, the CEH evaluation offers a...