The Washington Post reported today that “The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will unveil a bill Wednesday that aims for a 20 percent reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by the year 2020” The House bill, authored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), would mandate cutting emissions 17 percent by 2020. Both measures would require an 83 percent reduction in greenhouse gases from the 2005 baseline by 2050.

Fourth Department Upholds §241(6) Labor Law Claim
As an experienced Labor Law injury attorney in Western New York and Buffalo, I continue to see injured construction and other type of workers despite laws put in place for their protection. In Smith v. Nestle Purina Petcare Co., (4th Dept. 2013) the Appellate Division upheld the plaintiff’s