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Heather Cummings
Oct 26, 20101 min read
New EPA Policy Regulates Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become a focal point in EPA policy in recent years. The deadline for GHG permitting is fast...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 22, 20102 min read
A Revised Interpretation of OSHA Noise Standards
A new article was posted on October 19, 2010 on the Occupational Health & Safety website explaining the new “proposed interpretation”...
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Heather Cummings
Oct 19, 20101 min read
Poor Air Quality Puts Chilean Miners at Risk
The world breathed a deep sigh of relief last week when the thirty-three Chilean miners were rescued after sixty-nine days below ground. ...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 15, 20101 min read
The City of Philadelphia Joins the Sustainability Fight
We recently shared a six part series on sustainability initiatives in the healthcare industry; however, hospitals and medical centers are...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 12, 20101 min read
EES Hospital Air Permit Program
The EES Hospital Air Permit Program focuses on Clean Air Act compliance. We complete a number of tasks to ensure your facility is...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 8, 20103 min read
Stormwater Management Practices
The City of Philadelphia has recently changed their stormwater management policies along with the system used to charge customers. On...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 5, 20102 min read
Final Air Toxics Standards for Area Sources in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry
In October 2009, the EPA released new national air toxics standards for small to medium sized chemical manufacturing facilities that meet...
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Paul Rivers
Oct 1, 20102 min read
Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal and Best Management Practices (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of our series on Pharmaceutical Waste, we discussed the EPA Draft Proposal to add hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 28, 20102 min read
Global Warming - Part 4 - Thinning Ice
For further evidence that global warming is affecting our environment, we can look to glaciers and ice shelves, specifically in...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 24, 20102 min read
Beyond Compliance: U.S. EPA Joins Green Movement
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been the “cop on the beat” and “judge & jury” regarding environmental enforcement in...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 21, 20103 min read
Respiratory Protection in Healthcare
H1N1 Virus Exposure Control Ever since the H1N1 outbreak in the spring of 2009, much attention has focused on how to best protect...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 17, 20102 min read
Air Quality Consulting: What to Expect from EES
Are you in need of an air permit for a new process or combustion source at your facility? Does your existing Title V or synthetic minor...
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Paul Rivers
Sep 14, 20102 min read
Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal and Best Management Practices (Part 1 of 2)
In recent years, trace pharmaceutical wastes have been detected in waterways and drinking water in many metropolitan cities throughout...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 7, 20102 min read
Respiratory Protection Standard
Our company, EES, provides health and safety services to manufacturers, universities and the healthcare industry. On occasion, we will...
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Paul Rivers
Sep 3, 20103 min read
Hospital Sustainability, Part 6
In this final entry in our 6-part series on hospital sustainability, we will discuss food, chemicals, commuting, pest management,...
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Tom Petersen
Aug 31, 20101 min read
Bookmarks for August 23rd through August 31st
These are my links for August 23rd through August 31st: Supermarkets lose heart in green war on plastic carrier bags – Green Living,...
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Tom Petersen
Aug 31, 20101 min read
Technorati Search
We’re in the process of getting our blog listed by Technorati. (Here’s our unique claim code KM3FHA7AV73Z – for Technorati’s review)....
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Paul Rivers
Aug 31, 20102 min read
Hospital Sustainability, Part 5
Energy Conservation Green Medical Center replaced over 3,000 incandescent lamps with LED lamps, reducing electrical usage substantially. ...
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Paul Rivers
Aug 27, 20102 min read
Hospital Sustainability, Part 4
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Green Medical Center (our fictitious hospital which is based on a Philadelphia-area hospital),...
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Paul Rivers
Aug 24, 20102 min read
Hospital Sustainability, Part 3
Red Bag Waste (RBW) Prior to 2005, at Green Medical Center (our fictitious hospital which is based on an actual Philadelphia-area...
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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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