It’s the beginning of the calendar year, a time when many environmental professionals begin to gather their 2011 environmental data to generate reports that your regulatory agencies require. How much fuel did your stationary combustion sources burn in the past year? How many times was a certain condition exceeded in the past quarter? Were there [...]

February 22, 2011 I recently attended a local environmental conference and a senior manager from a local company gave a stirring talk about the recent investments and upgrades made at her facility to improve sustainability and energy efficiency, including upgrading their boilers and other “roll up your sleeves” strategies. She mentioned that her company noticed [...]

February 1, 2011 Because of the recession and other factors many companies relegate environmental concerns below most other management areas. EHS is considered “back office”. Keep a low profile; just make sure we comply and don’t get fined. Some either accept this as reality or embrace this as being steady, low risk, and keeping the [...]