Brian K Sullivan

Brian K Sullivan

May 16, 2022 | Daily Business Review

How Climate Change Fuels More Intense Global Wildfires

So far this year, more than 24,000 fires have burned across the U.S., the highest in at least 10 years, according to National Interagency Fire Center data.

By Brian K Sullivan and Vincent Del Giudice

7 minute read

August 28, 2019 | Property Casualty 360

Dorian now a hurricane, will lash Puerto Rico on path to Florida

Tropical Storm Dorian has been upgraded to a hurricane as it heads toward Puerto Rico with torrential rains.

By Brian K. Sullivan and Will Wade

4 minute read

August 27, 2019 | Property Casualty 360

Dorian to gain strength as it heads toward battered Puerto Rico

Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to strengthen, potentially approaching hurricane status by the time it gets to Puerto Rico.

By Brian K. Sullivan and Will Wade

4 minute read

September 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A $150 Billion Misfire: How Forecasters Got Irma Damage So Wrong

Twenty miles may have made a $150 billion difference.Estimates for the damage Hurricane Irma would inflict on Florida kept mounting as it made its devastating sweep across the Caribbean. It was poised to be the costliest U.S. storm on record. Then something called the Bermuda High intervened and tripped it up.

By Brian K. Sullivan

4 minute read

April 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Mining co.'s CEO faces scrutiny for safety issues

Don Blankenship, chief executive officer of Massey Energy Co., has fought with mine regulators, unions, residents of his town and even his personal maid. His company regularly appeals fines for safety infractions. He has personally gone into mines to persuade workers to abandon union organizing efforts. Massey is fighting lawsuits that claim it contaminated groundwater in Blankenship's town.

By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Brian K. Sullivan and Karen Freifeld

9 minute read