Covid-19 has caused numerous changes to the restaurant and food industries in the United States, from increased sanitation to expanded exhaust ventilation requirements to social distancing and more. However, one enormous change has come in a surprising area and is...
One of the greatest challenges for insuring against climate risk is the unknown severity of that risk. Insurers are grappling with the difficult task of tailoring historic risk models to insure against climate events that are increasing in frequency and severity and...
The Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc. hosted its Second Annual New England Climate Change, Resilience & Adaptation Summit on Friday, July 31, 2020. CMBG3's Alexandra Fraher, Esq. attended the event, which brought legislators, industry...
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) recently passed the annual spending bill for the Department of Defense, which included a number of new requirements to reduce PFAS use and remediate existing sites. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a...
With a high rate of unemployment due to Covid-19, people across the United States are looking for ways to save money. In some cases, this cost saving takes the form of reducing one’s personal insurance coverage. In the 2009 recession, the Insurance Research Council...
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a collection of over 7,000 man-made chemical compounds. PFAS are malleable into thousands of commercial applications due to their unique physical characteristics. Common and well-known uses of these compounds include...
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a collection of over 7,000 manmade chemical compounds. These compounds are known by many as “forever chemicals” due to their high persistence and mobility in the environment. Environmental interest groups, public...
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a collection of over 7,000 manmade chemical compounds. PFAS have unique physical properties, including resistance to degradation and heat and ability to repel oil and water. These properties make them highly useful...
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are a collection of over 7,000 manmade chemicals. The original PFAS compounds were invented in the 1940s, which sparked the invention of thousands of additional compounds later incorporated into countless consumer...
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”) entertained public comment on its proposed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) drinking water standard on Friday, January 24, 2020. The proposed standard would set a new Maximum Contaminant...