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General Moly Updates Mt. Hope Permitting Progress

August 13, 2008

LA Requires Developers to Build Green

May 6, 2008

It’s Not Easy Being Green… Or Is It?

March 27, 2008By Reg Shiverick

How Software Advances are Enhancing EH&S Compliance

You invest resources into improving operations to drive EH&S compliance. You build a corporate culture that values safety. You proudly promote yourself as a green company, emphasizing your focus on sustainability and compliance. And then the unthinkable happens -- a spill, an explosion, a deadly fire – something that negates your hard work and shakes the confidence of your entire organization.

Washington State Law Requires Electronics Manufacturers to Register

December 17, 2007

Want to Delay? You'll Pay

September 1, 2007By Louis F. Centofanti

The New Deal

September 1, 2006By Darren Stone

Tightening disclosure rules are making it difficult for companies to hide environmental liabilities

Accrual and disclosure practices of public companies related to their environmental liabilities have long been perceived to be inconsistent and generally inadequate. Recent developments, such as Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation number 47, known as FIN47 in most circles, have tightened up the disclosure rules, especially in relation to environmental liabilities.

Weathering the Storm

May 1, 2006By Dianne P. Crocker

A critical look at the promising future of the Phase I ESA market in a hurricane-ravaged New Orleans

Aug. 25, 2005: Hurricane Katrina, the 11th named tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the season, makes landfall north of Miami, Fla., killing dozens. Four days later, the slightly weakened system touches down on the Central Gulf Coast of Louisiana.

Finding the Better Way

September 1, 2005By Michael Whitehead, MS

More businesses are taking a proactive approach to prevention and compliance

I've been an environmental consultant for almost 20 years, and I've owned my own company for 10. Over the years, "Environmental Compliance Audits" have been one of the hardest products to sell to industrial customers.

An E&O Eye Opener

July 1, 2005By John G. Nevius, Robert E. Frankel, Esq.

A guide to help environmental professional's errors and omissions insurance policies

In our litigious society, professionals of all kinds are keenly aware that their expertise and professionalism cannot always protect them against being sued. For environmental professionals, the uncertainty and variability associated with the natural environment compounds the risk of litigation -- and, therefore, elevates the importance of liability insurance.

Compliance Survival Tactics

June 1, 2004By Greg Gasperecz

How to protect yourself from the Title V data explosion in the absence of a flak jacket

The Title V operating program resulting from 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act requires that facilities demonstrate, in one document, their compliance with all applicable regulations and requirements of the act. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that, as of 2003, 95 percent of Title V permits have been issued nationwide. As such, approximately 19,000 facilities are required to submit annual certifications and semiannual deviation reports.

The Brink of Change

May 1, 2004By Anthony J. Buonicore, Dianne Crocker

The forces that govern the way environmental due diligence is conducted are changing; significantly, in some respects. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now in the final stages of drafting the first rule for "all appropriate inquiry" (AAI), a term for the investigation into a property's potential for environmental contamination prior to purchase.