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Ease that 'Pain at the Pump': September 3, 2008By Mike King

The Keys to Unlocking Lender Business: August 26, 2008By Dianne Crocker; Phase I professionals need to work diligently to get their names on the "list"; It's no secret that Phase I professionals operate in an extremely competitive environment.
Why the Ethanol Import Tariff Should be Repealed: August 8, 2008By Brian J. Donovan; Record prices for gasoline are increasing the costs of producing, transporting, and processing food products.
Port of Long Beach: "Clean Before We Grow": August 4, 2008By L.K. Williams; As a "real estate leasing company," the Port of Long Beach, Calif., does not make pollution but does own it -- in the sense that the port is ensuring that tenants and users do their part in meeting environmental standards.
The Green Fleet: July 24, 2008By L.K. Williams; Could Clean Truck Deadline Leave Some Goods Dead in the Water?; Brian Griley, president of Southern Counties Express (SCE), knows his industry. He is a third-generation trucking businessman, but the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are changing the rules of the road.
Will EPA be Forced to Issue a Climate Change Endangerment Finding?: June 30, 2008By Peter Glaser; On April 2, 2008, exactly one year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 12 states, supported by an additional five states as amicus curiae, as well as the District of Columbia, the cities of New York and Baltimore, and a number of environmental organizations, filed a petition for mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on remand within 60 days.
The Wetland-Landfill Connection: June 26, 2008By Mark O. Liner, P.E.; Constructed system can provide 'natural' leachate treatment; Wetlands are complex reactors that facilitate numerous chemical and biological reactions, and these reactions can be exploited to remove pollutants. Today, engineers are able to design wetland systems that can clean up landfill leachate onsite.
A Volatile Time: June 17, 2008By Matt Scherer; Homeland Security regulations tighten requirements for chemical, petroleum products; If you're a security integrator working with companies that store or produce chemical or petroleum products, your clients have probably asked for assistance with the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism standard (CFAS).
Assessing EMF Risks: June 16, 2008By Gayle Nicoll, Ph.D.; Every time you turn around, you can see technology. Most of it uses electrical energy that creates electromagnetic fields (EMFs), but is this a problem?
E-Junk is No Joke: June 13, 2008By Kami Lowery, Sean Story, John Jagelski; National lab shares award-winning strategies for electronics lifecycle management; The constant quest for faster, more efficient electronics has created an international waste disposal nightmare because electronic components frequently contain lead, mercury, cadmium, and other toxic materials. The need for responsible electronics stewardship is urgent.
Land Rush: June 13, 2008By Alex Daue; As record oil prices pinch the wallets of average Americans, the natural gas and oil industry is increasingly asserting that leasing more wild, public lands to natural gas and oil drilling could solve this crisis.
Case Study: Air Cycle: May 22, 2008; Crushing solution brightens real estate firm's prospects; CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), the global leader in commercial real estate services, manages more than 1.7 billion square feet of buildings around the world. It also has to comply with federal and local rules for ballast, battery, and lamp recycling.
Case Study: Delaware Biotechnology Institute: May 22, 2008; Indoor air treatment comes with fringe benefits; Poor indoor air quality is harmful to building occupants, but in a biotech lab, it can also compromise sensitive research and laboratory experiments.
NanoRisk: What Can You Do About It?: May 8, 2008By Justin Teeguarden, Amit Gupta, Mark Clark, Sr.; If you work in the electronic, biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, energy, catalytic, and materials industries and your employer uses nanoparticles or materials that contain nanoparticles, you may be at risk for exposure.
LEEDING Manhattan to Sustainability: April 24, 2008By L.K. Williams; Businesses do business for profit. But today, some businesses are stretching their investment because the market is willing to bear the cost for sustainability.