Environmental Health

DOE To Require More Efficient Window Air Conditioners, Air Cleaners

"The Biden administration is finalizing more stringent efficiency requirements for both window air conditioners and portable air cleaners on Thursday, the first set of efficiency standards that are new and not just a reversal of a Trump-era rollback."

Source: The Hill, 03/24/2023

"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees"

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/24/2023

"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill"

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Source: The Hill, 03/23/2023

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