Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown directed state agencies to reduce water use and greenhouse gas emissions through a green building action plan to “shrink the state’s environmental footprint.” The order ...

The former technical boss of an Irish insulation maker has told the Grenfell Tower inquiry that he was unaware that the firm’s product had “burnt very ferociously” in a fire test. This foam insulation ...

The most obvious ways in which secondary barriers protect users of appliances and electronic devices is by insulating against physical harm from electrical shock and fire as well as against fire ...