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    Reports

    Lithium-Ion Battery Incidents in Aviation: 2024 Data Review

  • Flames and smoke pour out of the roof and window of a house, engulfing the upper story in a severe fire.

    Expert Perspectives

    The Changing Risk of Fire: New Materials, New Devices, New Threats

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    Expert Perspectives

    From Risk to Resolve: Leading the Effort to Confront a Growing Threat in Aviation Safety

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  • Thick smoke and bright flames rise from a wildfire burning through a dense forest, with a green clearing and trees in the foreground under a hazy sky.

    Press Release

    UL Standards & Engagement Selected by the Standards Council of Canada to Lead Wildfire Resilience Efforts

    Ottawa, Canada – Today, UL Standards & Engagement announced that it has been selected by the Standards Council of Canada…

  • A young man wearing a pink t-shirt and headphones around his neck sits on an airplane, looking thoughtfully out the window.

    Press Release

    New Data Shows Battery Incidents on Aircraft Rose 15% Over Five Years

    Today, ULSE released the Lithium-Ion Battery Incidents in Aviation: 2024 Data Review highlighting the risk of thermal runaway — which…

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    Press Release

    New Report: State-by-State Assessment of Carbon Monoxide Risks

    Washington, D.C. — Today, UL Standards & Engagement released its inaugural U.S. State CO Risk Assessment Report, evaluating U.S. states’…

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    Press Statement

    UL Standards & Engagement Applauds Overwhelming House Passage of the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act (H.R. 973)

    Washington, D.C. – UL Standards & Engagement released the following statement from President and CEO Jeff Marootian following the U.S.…

  • A woman wearing a green bike helmet and black blazer stands next to a bicycle, looking at her smartphone. Urban buildings and blurred construction cranes are visible in the background.

    Press Release

    New Report: E-mobility Fires Cost NYC Nearly $520 Million From 2019 to 2023

    City law has contributed to recent decline in deaths and injuries Washington, D.C. – Today, UL Standards & Engagement released…

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    Press Release

    UL Standards & Engagement Announces Jeff Marootian as New President and CEO

    EVANSTON, Ill. — Today UL Standards & Engagement announced Jeff Marootian as its new president and CEO effective February 3,…

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Catie Talenti

UL Standards & Engagement

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