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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...
Dominick DalSanto
Dec 6, 20113 min read
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...
Dominick DalSanto
Dec 2, 20114 min read
New Regulations Proposed For Underground Storage Tanks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published its proposed revisions to the regulations for Underground Storage Tanks...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 29, 20112 min read
A Majority of Areas in the US Are Meeting Air Quality Standards for Lead
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a study on the lead contamination in the air. The study has determined that 39...
Allison Stalker
Nov 23, 20112 min read
First Texas Greenhouse Gas Permit Issued
The U.S. EPA issued the first greenhouse gas (GHG) permit in the state of Texas on November 12, after assuming regulatory control over...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 18, 20112 min read
Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Proposed For Delaware River Basin
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, has undoubtedly become one of the most contentious and hotly debated issues in...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 15, 20113 min read
Hybrid Power Plants
Hybrid technology used in vehicles has created a way for users to “go green” at a relatively affordable cost. Now researchers at Tel...
Allison Stalker
Nov 8, 20112 min read
EPA Published Final Rule On SO2 Emissions From PA Power Plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted the long awaited petition filed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 3, 20112 min read
Air Pollution Linked To Birth Defects
A recent collaborative study between University of Texas-Austin and Peking University researchers published earlier this month linked air...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 2, 20112 min read
Can Non-Recycled Plastics Solve Our Energy Woes?
Plastics that don’t find their way to the recycling container may be bound for another place other than landfills. According to a new...
Josh Shkrab
Nov 1, 20112 min read
New Standards To Be Issued For Prevention Of Legionella
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) published the first draft document...
Josh Shkrab
Oct 25, 20112 min read
Can Trees Help Clean Our Air?
A recent international study revealed trees to have significant air pollution mitigation potential in urban areas with substantial...
Josh Shkrab
Oct 21, 20112 min read
The Beneficial Aspects of Recycling Coal Ash
The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2273) was successfully passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday October 14....
Josh Shkrab
Oct 18, 20112 min read
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Issues Technical Air Quality Permitting Docum...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection submitted technical guidance documents for public review and comment to the...
Josh Shkrab
Oct 14, 20112 min read
Green Remediation: The Sustainable Approach to Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup
My name is Josh Shkrab and as a new Environmental Intern at EES, I would like to provide a brief summary of my background. I moved from...
Josh Shkrab
Oct 11, 20112 min read
A Rewrite of EPA Cement Rules Voted for by House
The House voted on Thursday for a measure that would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rewrite its new air pollution...
Allison Stalker
Oct 7, 20112 min read
Signs of Responses to Oil Spill in Gulf Fish
Fernando Galvez and Andrew Whitehead, two professors at Louisiana State University, are leading a research team studying the effects of...
Allison Stalker
Oct 4, 20112 min read
Large Seafood Company Receives Major EPA Fines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday an agreement with Trident...
Allison Stalker
Sep 30, 20112 min read
PADEP Undergoes Major Reorganization
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) released a statement on September 20th, stating the details of a major...
Allison Stalker
Sep 27, 20112 min read
Solar Rays Could Replace Petroleum
Yen-Ting Kuo, a doctoral candidate in chemistry at Kansas State University, is working on methods and materials that could replace...
Allison Stalker
Sep 23, 20112 min read
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