Shut Philadelphia Refinery Begins Risky Job of Removing Toxic Chemical August 2, 2019 By Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA — Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant... Read More
Change in N.Y. State Law to Usher in ‘Tidal Wave’ of Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits August 1, 2019 By Tom Hals Thousands of child sexual abuse lawsuits are expected to flow into New York State courts in the coming weeks exposing... Read More
NiSource Settles Massachusetts Gas Explosion Lawsuits for $143 Million July 29, 2019 By Nate Raymond and Arpan Varghese Utility operator NiSource Inc on Monday said it will pay $143 million to resolve class action lawsuits brought by residents... Read More
Roof Torn off Cape Cod Hotel, as High Winds, Tornado Strike July 25, 2019 YARMOUTH, Mass. — High winds and one radar-confirmed tornado ripped off a hotel roof, downed trees that blocked roads, and... Read More
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Files for Bankruptcy after Refinery Fire July 22, 2019 By Laila Kearney and Jarrett Renshaw Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said on Monday, its second such filing in... Read More
ConEd Starts to Shed Light on Why NYC Got Plunged Into the Dark July 16, 2019 By Will Wade and David Baker It started with a broken cable. Sometime before 6:47 p.m. on Saturday, a 13,000-volt underground power line at New York... Read More
Thousands Left in the Dark During NYC Power Outage July 15, 2019 NEW YORK — On the anniversary of a 1977 blackout that left most of New York City without power, a... Read More
Chemours Calls DuPont Clean-Up Estimates `Spectacularly’ Off July 2, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard Chemours Co. claims its former parent DuPont Inc.’s estimates on liabilities the spun-off company should cover were “spectacularly wrong” and... Read More
Official: Driver in Motorcycle Wreck Should’ve Lost License June 27, 2019 By Michael Casey CONCORD, N.H. — The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving... Read More
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Seeks to Shutter Oil Refinery June 26, 2019 By Jarrett Renshaw Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will seek to permanently shut its oil refinery in the city after a massive fire caused... Read More