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ASHRAE: Is It Worth The Efforts To Join ASHRAE

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You will find that as an environmental engineer, knowing people in your field will help. Whether you’re a student studying for your engineering degree or a graduate looking for a job, networking can come in useful when you least expect it to. You can gain easy access to a huge worldwide network of nearly 60,000… The post ASHRAE: Is It Worth The Efforts To Join ASHRAE appeared first on AAEE.net - Environmental Engineering.

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Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Available Under General Maritime Law Against Products Liability Defendant

The Energy Law Blog

Case: Warren v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. , No. 2016-C-1647 (La. 10/18/17), So. 3d. Factual Background A recreational boating accident occurred on navigable inland waters of Louisiana in May of 2005 resulting in the death of a 22-year old passenger. While the boat was on plane, the hydraulic steering system manufactured by defendant Teleflex suddenly failed due to fluid loss, causing the boat to turn violently with the motor going into a free spin (known in the industry as a “J-hook” or “kill spi

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Can Fossil Fuel Companies Be Held Liable for Climate Change?

Law Columbia

by Justin Gundlach. We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. Those impacts—sometimes irksome, sometimes devastating—are increasingly obvious, and the causal mechanisms that connect them to the emission of greenhouse gases increasingly well understood.