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Sustainability for Hospitals
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has revamped its website created to help hospital facilities meet their sustainability goals. The...
Allison Stalker
Apr 23, 20132 min read
Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Wiki
Regulations concerning hazardous waste can often be cumbersome and difficult to understand. These regulations were created under the...
Allison Stalker
Apr 16, 20132 min read
Climate Change to Increase Atmospheric Turbulence
A new study released in Nature Climate Change entitled “Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response to...
Allison Stalker
Apr 9, 20132 min read
EPA Proposes Cleaner Fuel and Emission Standards for Cars
On March 29, 2013 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new proposed rule created to reduce air pollution from passenger...
Allison Stalker
Apr 2, 20132 min read
Using Switchgrass to Heat Homes and Businesses
The Unites States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has released the results of a cost-benefit...
Allison Stalker
Mar 26, 20132 min read
Two New Bills Target the Fracking Industry
Representatives from both Colorado and Pennsylvania introduced two new bills focused on the fracking industry last Thursday. The main...
Allison Stalker
Mar 19, 20132 min read
Two Companies Invest in Green Projects
DHL and Nestlé both recently incorporated green projects into their businesses. DHL Express has an ongoing program called GoGreen that...
Allison Stalker
Mar 12, 20132 min read
Obama Nominates New Head of the EPA
While it has a slim-to-none chance of passing through the current Senate or the House, new climate and energy legislation was revealed on...
Allison Stalker
Mar 5, 20132 min read
Fee and Dividend Climate Bill
President Obama announced his pick to replace Lisa Jackson as the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chief on Monday. His choice?...
Allison Stalker
Feb 26, 20132 min read
2011 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data Released
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final rule for mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. Under...
Allison Stalker
Feb 12, 20132 min read
Environmentally Friendly Electronics
Electronics are known to have huge negative impacts on the environment. Researchers from Istituto Officina dei Materiali at CNR and from...
Allison Stalker
Feb 5, 20132 min read
Children’s Health and the Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report on January 25, 2013 entitled “America’s Children and the Environment, Third...
Allison Stalker
Jan 29, 20132 min read
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...
Allison Stalker
Jan 22, 20132 min read
EPA Issues Final Amendments to RICE Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the final amendments have been issued to the National Emission Standards...
Allison Stalker
Jan 15, 20132 min read
Leading Scientists Sign Petition to Halt Shale Gas Fracking for Export
A petition created by the Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) was signed by over 100 leading medical and...
Allison Stalker
Jan 8, 20132 min read
ACS Climate Science Toolkit
American Chemical Society (ACS) has created an online toolkit that enables scientists and the general public to educate themselves on the...
Allison Stalker
Dec 18, 20122 min read
Permit Decision Guarantee
Earlier this year, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett issued Executive Order 2012-11. This order was aimed towards the Department of...
Allison Stalker
Dec 11, 20122 min read
BP Settles All Criminal Claims
BP will pay $4 billion over five years to resolve all of the federal criminal charges in relation to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and...
Allison Stalker
Dec 4, 20122 min read
Europe Experiences Effects of Climate Change
The European Environment Agency (EEA) released a report last week on the impacts that climate change is having on all regions of Europe. ...
Allison Stalker
Nov 27, 20123 min read
Environmental Products of the Year
Environmental Protection, a resource for a number of environmental issues, has announced the 2012 Environmental Protection New Products...
Tom Petersen
Nov 20, 20122 min read
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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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