Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: What to Monitor
The Inflation Reduction Act is driving rapid change and investment in the the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) space. Included...
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Tom Petersen
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
The New National Office of Environmental Justice: What to Monitor
On September 24th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formation of a national Office of Environmental Justice:...
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Tom Petersen
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Inflation Reduction Act: What Facilities Managers Need to Know
When the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into federal law by President Biden on August 16th, it became one of the most impactful...
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Tom Petersen
- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
More Sustainable Healthcare Operations: Trends and Recommendations
The expectation for professionals in healthcare to “do no harm” is expanding beyond the care of patients and into the care of the environ...
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Tom Petersen
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
The Need for Robust Environmental, Health and Safety Strategies in Higher Education
The two-year pandemic has forced education institutions to take a close look, revamp and then revamp again their Environmental, Health...
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Tom Petersen
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Air Permit Basics
It’s been almost one year since Tom Petersen, President of EES, and Mark Huncik, EES Consultant, presented a webinar on Air Permit...
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Tom Petersen
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
EPA's 2020-2023 National Compliance Initiatives
Every three years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chooses areas to focus its enforcement and compliance resources on....
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Tom Petersen
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
EPA Announces New Rule on HFCs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new rule to sharply limit domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),...
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Daniel Petersen
- Nov 2, 2017
- 2 min
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Record High
Global warming has been on the rise due to the increasing release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The main driver in global...
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Andrew Rohrman
- May 12, 2017
- 2 min
EPA Announces New Grant Funding to Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions
Boston Medical Center is on pace to become the first hospital in New England to go carbon neutral upon completion of its building...
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Allison Stalker
- Mar 17, 2015
- 2 min
New Study Shows Better Air Quality Helps Lungs Grow
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this month found that long-term improvements in air quality are...
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Tom Petersen
- Nov 5, 2014
- 3 min
Air Quality and Fracking
There is mounting evidence that hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has significant, unintended, negative environmental impacts. In a...
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Allison Stalker
- Sep 3, 2014
- 2 min
EPA Releases Second Urban Air Toxics Report
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final of two reports required by the Clean Air Act to inform Congress of its...
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Allison Stalker
- Jan 22, 2013
- 2 min
Air Pollutants Decline and Total Toxic Chemicals Increase in 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a news release on January 16 that described the results of the 2011 Toxic Release...
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Josh Shkrab
- May 17, 2012
- 2 min
Good Indoor Air Quality Is More Important Than You Think
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Global Indoor Health Network (GIHN) have recently estimated that 50 percent of...
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Josh Shkrab
- Jan 17, 2012
- 2 min
U.S. EPA Releases First Ever Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data To The Public
2012 is already an historic year for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States public alike. In early...
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Josh Shkrab
- Jan 6, 2012
- 2 min
January Is National Radon Month: Is Your Home Safe?
The U.S. EPA had declared January as the National Radon Action Month, in an attempt to raise awareness about the dangers of radon gas in...
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Josh Shkrab
- Dec 20, 2011
- 2 min
EPA Fines Pelican Refinery for CAA Violations
Significant fines were finally imposed on the Texas-based Pelican Refining Company LLC, for its major violations of the Clean Air Act at...
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Dominick DalSanto
- Dec 6, 2011
- 3 min
Combustible Dust Safety in the Recycling Industry - Part 2
Dominick DalSanto is a guest contributor to the EES blog. Dominick is an environmental technologies expert for www.baghouse.com and has...
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Dominick DalSanto
- Dec 2, 2011
- 4 min
Combustible Dust Safety in the Recycling Industry - Part 1
Dominick DalSanto is a guest contributor to the EES blog. Dominick is an environmental technologies expert for www.baghouse.com and has...
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EES has been providing environmental health & safety consulting and engineering services for more than 25 years, serving healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and higher education organizations across the United States and Canada.
President and Engineer Tom Petersen, P.E. has more than 36 years of environmental engineering, health & safety and process safety experience.
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