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The Scoop on Sensor Selection

October 1, 2006By David I. Katz

Tips on how to pick sensors that accurately measure wind speed, vertical temperature differences, and solar radiation

Meteorological monitoring for air quality studies has evolved over the past four decades. During the summer of 1956 an experimental program to study micrometeorology and dispersion from near-surface releases was conducted near the town of O'Neil in north-central Nebraska.

Meeting MACT Head-On

September 1, 2006By Rodney L. Pennington, PE

A new air toxics control system helps manufacturers achieve EPA standards by handling VOC and HAP emissions

The DuPont Front Royal plant has been the leading name in the automotive refinishing industry. DuPont Performance Coatings, formed from DuPont Automotive finishes and DuPont's acquisition of Herberts, is the world's largest supplier of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket coatings and the world's third largest coatings company, overall.

Blight to Bright

July 1, 2006By Jeffrey Hanneman

Insurance companies are helping turn contaminated sites turn into solar energy producers

Insurance companies are helping turn contaminated sites turn into solar energy producers

Speeding Up Meth Lab Remediation

May 1, 2006By Lynn D. Dewees

As the pace of methamphetamine production accelerates, environmental professionals are overcoming difficult cleanup challenges

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has called it "a unique and deadly threat to our nation -- which destroys lives far beyond those of just the addicts and the users."

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.

Still Hazy After All These Years

January 1, 2006By Bill S. Forcade

The top air quality management issues in 2006

2006 promises to be a contentious and litigious time in the air pollution control area. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced some significant new hazardous and traditional pollutant regulatory programs that will be legally challenged as either too stringent or too lax, depending upon the litigant.

(H+)eir Apparent

November 1, 2005By Jason Goodman

As the search for gasoline's replacement intensifies, hydrogen fuel cells may soon become the alternative fuel of choice for the automotive industry

It took years and years of designing, planning, and problem-solving before a vehicle that wasn't powered by a gasoline engine actually made it onto the market in quantities sufficient to satisfy more than the most adventurous or environmentally conscious of consumers.

A Profitable Arrangement

October 1, 2005By Steve Blocki

A performance contract, combined with a retrofit of existing RTO equipment, can save millions in operating expenditures

Attention is typically given to regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) performance only when a specific problem or fault shuts the system down or when the system is out of compliance.

Air Quality News

October 1, 2005

A Fresh Coat

September 1, 2005By Hank Godshalk

U.S. Manufacturers' use of low-volatile organic compound paint is improving air quality

Virtually all metal product manufacturers insist that their products perform well and look good. Often, a key factor in determining if these goals are met is the coating they receive before leaving the factory.

Leaving It (Oil) Behind

September 1, 2005By Edward J. Wall

The U.S. Department of Energy's alternative fuel initiatives and partnerships are starting to produce results in the search for a cleaner way to move around

As competition for the world's oil resources increases with the advance of developing economies, the United States must seek out ways to reduce its petroleum usage or put its economic security at risk. The era of "cheap oil" may well be over, and as our imports increase we become more and more dependent on resources from such politically unstable regions of the world as the Middle East, Central Africa, and South America.

The Kyoto Protocol: Threat...or Opportunity?

July 1, 2005By Edward Hoyt

The new international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases could offer U.S. companies a chance to profit from the emerging global carbon markets

In 2001, President George W. Bush took the United States out of the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement that commits the major industrial economies to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and several other substances.

Kyoto and Beyond

June 1, 2005By Laura L. Whiting

Understanding the legal framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

All roads leading to the control of greenhouse gas emissions pass through Kyoto, right? Wrong! The Kyoto Protocol is just one part of the burgeoning web of mandatory, voluntary, and market-based programs for addressing global climate change.

Tallying Emissions

June 1, 2005By Robert P. Newman, PE, DEE

An emission inventory is a key part of an effective corporate strategy for managing greenhouse gases

Now that the Russian Federation has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements will begin to take effect in those countries that have ratified the treaty.

Have Lab, Will Travel

May 1, 2005By Jim Norgaard

Using portable high speed gas chromatographs for field monitoring

Even today, first responders, technicians, and professionals who need to monitor or evaluate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the environment have limited choices regarding gas measurement.