As promised, Washington’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) updated its rules for protecting employees from wildfire smoke, incorporating changes the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made to its color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) in May 2024. As we previously reported, when the EPA published its … Read more
Like giant bones planted in the earth, clusters of tree trunks, stripped clean of bark, are appearing along the Chesapeake Bay on the United States’ mid-Atlantic coast. They are ghost forests: the haunting remains of what were once stands of cedar and pine. Since the late 19th century, an ever-widening swath of these trees have … Read more
Credit scores are a key factor in determining not only your ability to borrow money, but they can be a factor in your ability to qualify for contract bonds. Your credit score falls into one of five categories, ranging from poor to excellent. Let’s break down these levels and what they mean for you. What … Read more
When I was young and dumb, I was always impressed by finance people who used jargon and overcomplicated things. Markets are complex so I assumed that meant they required complex explanations and strategies. Boy was I wrong. Once I finally learned how much I didn’t know, it became clear that these were not the right … Read more
Efficient Could 6, 2024, the Environmental Safety Company (EPA) adjusted the cutoff factors in its color-coded Air High quality Index (AQI), which is used as a reference for wildfire smoke guidelines in California, Oregon, and Washington. The EPA’s updates to the AQI change what concentrations of PM2.5 … Read more