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On June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new sulfur dioxide (SO2) primary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The EPA’s main reason for revoking the former standards is the public health risk posed by sulfur oxides, which SO2 is a part. They claim that sulfur oxides react with compounds in the atmosphere to form particulates [...] With almost 900 ash-containing landfills nationwide, the proper disposal of coal ash was a problem that could be avoided no longer. Early last week, the Environmental Protection Agency finally announced a new proposed set of regulations on coal ash, the first time this by product is being nationally regulated. The main concern with this coal power plant after [...] Senators John Kerry (D-Ma), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joseph Liebermann (I-CT) have been working on a sweeping climate change bill for months and are expected to reveal the bill in session on Monday, April 26. The senators have been pulled in twenty different directions by varied lobbyist groups, industry, environmental activists, and fellow colleagues on the [...] Michael Rock, an economics professor at Bryn Mawr College, held a lecture this past week concerning America’s lack of continued green technology development. He fears that we are on the way to losing our place as the forerunner of this industry just as we did in the automobile industry. Daniel Weiss, director of a DC-based climate [...] The Japanese have been trying to implement a method of converting refuse organic waste into usable fuel for some time now, but have encountered formidable barriers in their path. Their refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is produced from raw garbage, an adhesive, and lime in pellet form. However, the heat output of the RDF is very low compared [...] EPA administrator Lisa Jackson announced Monday that the agency would not push through regulations against large greenhouse gas emitters until 2011. Also, Ms. Jackson announced that the agency would raise the threshold for the Clean Air Act on regulating carbon dioxide emissions. The delay comes after multiple groups, including eight Senate Democrats, expressed concern on the potential [...] Sustainable energy is a major concern in many industries around the world today. Companies are trying to develop new ways to make their products and methods of operation more efficient and eco-friendly. For companies that rely heavily on the combustion of oil and other fossil fuels, this concern for energy has manifested itself into the research [...] With the world’s economies in the throes of recession, industry is at a “strategic inflection point,” according to Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel. These inflection points are times when a company either invests during the down-cycle or faces eventual failure. No world economy has grasped this idea as well as the Chinese. The Chinese-appointed chief executive [...] R&D Magazine published their annual study conducted with Battelle, providing an outlook for the major Research and Development metrics for the coming year. The report is excellent and filled with solid information and well founded projections. Parts of the report are focused on who will lead R&D spending for the next year. While it’s no surprise [...] “Why would you waste time changing that? We never had any complaints!” An associate was recently relaying a story to me about how he was trying to improve some of the documentation going to the customer when he was hit with these statements. We’ve all heard this and most of us have probably fallen victim to it [...] |
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