Chemical shippers failed to show any business harm from a regulation requiring railroads to deploy new train-safety technology, a U.S. appeals court said, throwing out a lawsuit challenging the 2012 rule. The Arlington, Va.-based Chlorine Institute argued that the Federal …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it won’t provide U.S. aid to help rebuild the town in Texas where an April fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people and leveled nearby buildings. In a June 10 letter to Texas Governor Rick …
Underwriters Laboratories, a 119-year-old U.S. company that develops product safety tests, is strengthening its lithium-ion battery standards after a string of high-profile battery failures that shed light on the technology’s weak spots. Those vulnerabilities were highlighted this year when regulators …
The European Investment Bank is considering loans to countries affected by heavy flooding that could be on the scale of the 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) provided in 2002 under similar conditions, the Luxembourg-based EIB said today. Germany, Austria, Hungary, …
A study compiled by Aon Benfield Analytics reveals that commercial lines moved to an overall deficiency position of $0.9 billion at year end 2012 compared to an estimated $4.1 billion redundancy at year end 2011. Within the commercial lines sector, …
Delaware officials say officers issued 1,010 citations during the annual “Click It or Ticket” campaign last month. The Office of Highway Safety says the two-week seatbelt enforcement campaign involved traffic safety checkpoints and saturation patrols both day and night across …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 87 people with illnesses in eight states. The CDC said Tuesday that illnesses have been …
More than two years after Japan’s nuclear disaster, damaged vehicles, twisted metal and other debris remains strewn about the Fukushima plant. Scores of black and gray pipes and hoses cover the ground in some places, part of the company’s makeshift …
Authorities are trying to find money to help fix the outdoor weather sirens in Calhoun and Talladega counties. The Alabama Regional Communication System Board of Directors agreed Tuesday to pay $1,108 to help fix the systems. Other agencies will also …
Sioux Falls, S.D., officials estimate that it cost the city $9 million to respond to a three-day ice and snow storm in April and clean up the mess. The storm that hit April 9 downed trees, tree branches and power …