EPA Proposes Adding Bear Creek Sediments Site to Superfund List
EPA adds Billings PCE site in Yellowstone County, Mont. to Superfund List
ILA says won’t work automated vessels at US ports
[caption caption="Norwegian and Japanese companies are highlighting small-scale maritime automation projects Photo credit: Shutterstock.com"][/caption]Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association would not service automated container ships if they were to ever call on US East and Gulf Coast ports, ILA’s chief said Tuesday, staking out the union’s stance on robotic technology as maritime automation projects gain ground across the globe. ILA President Harold Daggett said...
USDA Invests $700 million in Grants to Provide Relief to Farm and Food Workers Impacted by COVID-19
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $700 million in competitive grant funding will be available through the new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) grant program to help farmworkers and meatpacking workers with pandemic-related health and safety costs. The announcement was made in press call with United Farm Workers Foundation Executive Director Diana Tellefson Torres and United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc Perrone.
EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Port Fourchon, Louisiana
EPA Tools for Communities Cleaning Up after Hurricane Ida
New Orleans port readies to reopen; rail still limited
[caption caption="Vessel calls had been omitted and ships rerouted to other ports while New Orleans was closed. Photo credit: Port of New Orleans"][/caption]The Port of New Orleans plans to reopen Monday, more than a week after Hurricane Ida swept through the region and caused widespread power outages that kept the port shuttered. The port Friday said its container ship facilities, New Orleans...
LA-LB preparing for record 20 million TEU this year
[caption caption="Port and terminal interests in LA-LB are confident they can handle explosive peak season volumes if importers retrieve their containers faster. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com"][/caption]The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex is in the throes of a peak season cargo surge that could lift its volume this year to a record 20 million TEU, and port officials say their terminal operators...