EPA is terminating Climate Leaders, a voluntary initiative launched in 2002 under President George Bush. CalPortland Co., Lafarge North America, Holcim (US) Inc., and Aggregate Industries, along with Mack Trucks, Navistar Inc. and other participants from a broad range of businesses, set greenhouse gas-reduction goals based on corporate-wide emissions inventory
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Environmental Fund Manager Implores Epa To Label Coal Ash Hazardous Waste
Environmentalists’ latest ploy enjoining the Environmental Protection Agency to list coal combustion residuals (CCR) under Resource Conservation & Recovery Act Subtitle C is a letter that suggests federal CCR disposal regulation will prevent costly public health impacts and assist shareholders in companies with related liabilities “in understanding the financial risks associated with coal ash
Read MorePca, Insurance Group Guide Combines Building Durability, Sustainability Criteria
A new document written in mandatory language that amends and appends the International Building Code (IBC) enables local governments to adopt green building codes that address high performance and conventional sustainable features. “High Performance Building Requirements for Sustainability 2.0” includes concepts
Read MoreSae Schedules Organizational Meeting For Mixer Truck Safety Standard
The SAE Work Truck Safety Committee is enlisting producers, manufacturers, regulators and other stakeholders to develop the tentatively titled “Ready Mixed Concrete Truck–Safety Requirements Standard.” Applicable to mixer building, rebuilding, modification, care, maintenance
Read MoreNlrb Opinion Expands UnionsÌ Options To Target Neutral Parties Near And Far
A contentious 3-2 opinion the NLRB released earlier this month finds that union representatives’ display of banners with messages directed at neutral parties or secondary employers does not violate the National Labor Relations Act
Read MoreObama Labor Board Appointees Side With Carpenters Local On Bannering Decision
The opinion on “bannering” as conducted by United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 1506 against three neutral, Arizona construction owners (above item) was issued by the Labor Board’s three Democrats: Chairman Wilma Liebman, a 13-year agency veteran, plus new Members Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, who joined the board this spring as recess appointees by the Obama administration
Read MoreEpa Diesel Emissions Rule Reshapes Truck Model Offerings
Mixer, dump and concrete product-hauling fleets approach a new era as engine and truck manufacturers clear 2009 inventory and modify models for power and exhaust treatment packages meeting Environmental Protection Agency diesel emissions thresholds effective January 2010
Read MoreFive Epa 2010-Compliant Engines Set To Power Concrete Fleets
Diesel engines meeting lower Environmental Protection Agency (January 2010) thresholds for particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen emissions will soon accompany the bulk of heavy-duty trucks spec’ed for mixers, dumps and concrete product hauling. Caterpillar Engine Division’s retreat from on-highway offerings, coupled with model overhauls driven by EPA 2010-complaint engines’
Read MoreSierra Club Spins Tall Ãtoxic Tale For Epa Coal Ash Hearing In Mile High City
A full-page Denver Post ad running the day prior to a public hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rule for coal combustion residuals claims: “Ignoring the risks of toxic coal ash could come at a high cost – our children”
Read MoreAmerican Engineering Testing Founder And Aci President Richard Stehly Remembered
The untimely death of Richard D. Stehly on September 18 followed 30 years of dedicated ACI membership, including service as president of the Institute since March
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