Substack Daily Updates – 8-8-25
Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:
CSB and the 119th Congress – Funding bills in both the House and Senate continue CSB spending – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/08/csb-and-119th-congress.html
Transportation Chemical Incidents – Week of 7-5-25 – 600 (572 highway, 23 air, 5 rail) – 4 serious incidents (2 Bulk release, 2 evacuation, 1 injury, 1 major artery closed, 2 fire/explosion, 28 no release) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/08/transportation-chemical-incidents-week_8.html
Short Takes – 8-8-25 – CR no deal – PHMSA reconsidering MOAP requirements – DOT strategic plan – Living in space – ISS replacement changes – Mini reactors – Post-pandemic high unemployment – EO 14328 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/08/short-takes-8-8-25.html
I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):
I posted the following to a joke photo about Rubic’s Cube on Substack Notes: “Had a taxi driver in Berlin in the 70’s who did the last move to solve his Cube as I got in the cab. He later admitted that he did that for every fare, making a single twist after each got out of the cab, so he was ready for the next ‘solve’.
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