The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its partners are once again promoting the National Safety Stand-Down, an initiative that encourages employers and workers across the country to refocus on fall prevention.
If completed, the facility would play a pivotal role in strengthening the domestic supply chain for lithium, a material critical to electric vehicles, energy storage, defense technologies, and emerging AI systems.
President Donald Trump has also directed a review of potential tariffs on critical mineral imports, further signaling a policy shift toward bolstering domestic mining as a matter of national economic and security strategy.
The incident occurred where a private contractor was conducting routine water well drilling. During the operation, unexpected emissions of hydrogen sulfide.
ince the IIJA’s inception, “thousands of projects have started, including projects to upgrade treatment plants, replace aging systems, and support the needs of small communities.”
Community members in Troy are invited to attend a public meeting this evening where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will present plans for a short-term soil cleanup at the East Troy Contaminated Aquifer Superfund site.
The event will take place at the Charlevoix Public Library’s Community Room A, brings together representatives from the EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
The new initiative will enable EPA to tackle “PFAS from all of EPA’s program offices, advancing research and testing, stopping PFAS from getting into drinking water systems, holding polluters accountable, and providing certainty for passive receivers,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.