A group of Amazon employees say the company has threatened to fire two workers for speaking out against the company’s environmental policies. In a statement posted to Twitter on Thursday, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said that several employees were contacted by legal and human resources representatives, who said they were in violation of the… Continue reading Amazon Threatens to Fire Employees Who Speak Out Against Company’s Environmental Policies
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New Wave of Suits Linked to BP Oil Spill Hitting Courts
A new wave of lawsuits against BP is hitting the federal courts nearly a decade after the Gulf oil spill. The new litigation is the result of a court ruling that blocks thousands of people from a medical settlement negotiated after the 2010 environmental disaster. It threatens to clog court dockets for years, and it… Continue reading New Wave of Suits Linked to BP Oil Spill Hitting Courts
Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules
The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil… Continue reading Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules
EPA Chief Calls for Narrowing Scope of Clean-Water Rule
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says a proposed rule change, to be released on Tuesday, gives states needed flexibility in managing their streams and wetlands, while reining in what he described as the overreach of the Obama administration. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal ahead of… Continue reading EPA Chief Calls for Narrowing Scope of Clean-Water Rule
Chubb Whitepaper Underscores Need for Healthcare Organizations to Address a Range of Environmental Exposures
Chubb has released a new whitepaper, “Environmental Exposures Heighten Risks for the Healthcare Industry,” that explores environmental exposures due to day-to-day operations, construction projects, and mergers and acquisitions, and stresses the need for healthcare organizations to partner with industry risk management professionals to help assess, plan, and provide training and compliance services to address a… Continue reading Chubb Whitepaper Underscores Need for Healthcare Organizations to Address a Range of Environmental Exposures