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Making a Difference

November 1, 2003

Our four Facilities of the Year are promoting profitable business practices while creating long-term positive impacts on the environment

On the Road to Cleaner Air

November 1, 2003By Brian Wight

An overview of the progress automotive manufacturers are making in the reduction of vehicle emissions

Responding to an SOS with CSOs

November 1, 2003By Lawrence H. Keith

A new stormwater management technology comes to the rescue in controlling pollutants released from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) during periods of heavy precipitation

The Strategy of Value

November 1, 2003By Peter S. Cartwright, P.E.

Adding business value takes a strategy, not just tactics

Building a Better Watchtower

October 1, 2003By Shannon D. Spence

The recent Earth Observation Summit signals a new international effort to deal with climate change and other important issues by setting up an integrated Earth observation system

Dealing with the "Big Dig"

October 1, 2003By Michael N. Wolfe, PhD

Large capacity storage tanks customized as filtration units proved successful in treating the massive volume of contaminated groundwater related to Boston's Turnpike extension project

Getting a Head Start

October 1, 2003By Richard Cooley, M.Ch.E.

A case for voluntarily controlling domestic greenhouse gas emissions now

Out to Lunch

October 1, 2003By Peter S. Cartwright, P.E.

Confronting business management's awareness of environmental realities

Regaining Paradise

October 1, 2003By Jim DiPeso

Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands will incorporate people as part of the ecology in a project called "Eden Again"

All Pumped Up

September 1, 2003By R. Keith Hopson, JD

The environmental applications for perstaltic pumps continue to grow

Bioterrorism Education

September 1, 2003

The ethics and benefits of covering bioterrorism in the environmental science classroom

EPA Medicine

September 1, 2003

Transferring environmental science to hospitals and medical schools

Rising to a New Level

September 1, 2003

A novel surface modification increases the holding capacity of air filters and improves their effectiveness in controlling particulates and aerosols

Shifting the Battlefield

September 1, 2003

Against a backdrop of controversy, the federal wetlands policy recently moved to a functional approach to mitigation and limited authority over isolated, intrastate wetlands

Sustainable Careers -- Part 3

September 1, 2003By Peter S. Cartwright, P.E.

Positioning oneself in a changing job environment