Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears January 10, 2023 By Ari Natter A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air...
Trump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters November 25, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
Hog Waste Fears Raised Again as Dorian Hits North Carolina September 6, 2019 By Ari Natter Environmental groups are watching dozens of lagoons of swine waste stored directly in Hurricane Dorian’s path in North Carolina with...
Chemical Safety Board Again Targeted in Trump’s Proposed Budget March 11, 2019 By Ari Natter The Trump administration’s budget proposal will again call for eliminating the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent...
How 4,000 Federal Workers Are Being Deployed for Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 By Ari Natter As Hurricane Florence churns toward the Carolinas, bearing a potentially lethal ocean surge and winds and torrential rains, the federal...
North Carolina Weakened Its Building Codes in 2013 September 14, 2018 By Ari Natter Five years ago, encouraged by home builders and an anti-regulatory zeal, lawmakers in North Carolina joined other states in weakening...
Hurricane Florence a Reminder of Flood Insurance Reforms Stalled in Congress September 11, 2018 By Ari Natter U.S. taxpayers who spent billions of dollars after a trifecta of hurricanes last year are poised to do so again...
Trump Team Blames California Wildfires on Environmentalists, Sparking Backlash August 9, 2018 By Ari Natter and Eric Roston Scientists say California’s record wildfires have been fed by an abnormally hot and dry fire season made worse by climate...
Federal Energy Regulator Warns on Cyber Attacks on Power Grid March 28, 2018 By Ari Natter Hackers increasingly threaten sites in the U.S. ranging from nuclear power plants to water processing systems, according to a member...
Ex-Coal Boss Blankenship Announces U.S. Senate Run From West Virginia November 30, 2017 By Ari Natter and Tim Loh Donald Blankenship, the former Massey Energy chief executive who went to prison in the wake of a 2010 mine explosion...