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Allison Stalker
Jan 22, 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...
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Allison Stalker
Jan 15, 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...
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Allison Stalker
Jan 8, 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...
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Allison Stalker
Dec 18, 20122 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...
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Allison Stalker
Dec 11, 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...
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Allison Stalker
Dec 4, 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...
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Allison Stalker
Nov 27, 20123 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. ...
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Tom Petersen
Nov 20, 20122 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...
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Allison Stalker
Nov 13, 20122 min read
Earth 911 – Recycling Resource
As climate change continues to be a serious problem that requires immediate attention, it is at times difficult to know how you as an...
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Allison Stalker
Nov 8, 20122 min read
Climate Change and Hurricane Sandy
As we all know, Hurricane Sandy ripped through the eastern United States last week, wreaking havoc along the way. Estimates of the...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 30, 20121 min read
Pennsylvania DEP Offers Green Grants
October 5, 2012 through October 26, 2012 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) accepted applications for four...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 23, 20122 min read
New Clean Water App
On October 18, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool in the form of an app and website to “help people find...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 16, 20122 min read
Eco-Health Relationship Browser
In late September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the Eco-Health Relationship Browser to the public. ...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 10, 20122 min read
The Great Barrier Reef Quickly Disappearing
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) released a new study that reports that the Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 3, 20121 min read
Welcome to the EES Blog!
EES provides this blog on a diverse range of air quality, environmental engineering, health and safety, and sustainability-related...
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Allison Stalker
Oct 2, 20122 min read
Exposure to Welding Fumes
The September 2012 issue of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) featured an article by Robert E. Brown Jr., CIH, CSP, CHMM on the...
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Allison Stalker
Sep 25, 20122 min read
60 Potential Refrigerant Fluids Identified
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has identified 60 substances that may be useful as new refrigerant fluids. ...
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Allison Stalker
Sep 18, 20123 min read
Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Monitoring
In October of 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule for the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Allison Stalker
Sep 11, 20122 min read
U.S. and Canada Sign Newly Revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
On September 7, 2012 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and Canada’s Minister of the Environment signed an...
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Allison Stalker
Sep 4, 20122 min read
Fuel Efficiency Standards Finalized
The Obama Administration issued final standards regarding fuel efficiency on Tuesday. The groundbreaking standard will increase fuel...
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