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Dole to Offset Transportation Emissions
May 7, 2008
Group Launches Carbon Web Site for Farmers
May 7, 2008
HP First to Display SmartWay Logo
May 7, 2008
UM Shares List of Top Toxic Polluters
April 24, 2008
Underwriter Notes Trends Driving Insurance Products
April 16, 2008

It’s Not Easy Being Green… Or Is It?
March 27, 2008By Reg Shiverick
How Software Advances are Enhancing EH&S Compliance
It’s Not Easy Being Green… Or Is It? 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.
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.
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.
Living in a Post-Enron World
September 1, 2004By John L. Payne
A primer to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the new disclosure requirements related to environmental liabilities
It is no secret that the financial scandals of recent years have had a dramatic impact not just on the business world itself, but also on individual investors and government regulators. Enron, WorldComm, Tyco, MCI and others have entered the popular lexicon as words that will forever be associated with rampant greed and seemingly non-existent oversight. Whether we've seen the last of the fall of the giants, involving nearly incomprehensible loss of capital, is anyone's guess.
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.

2008 Salary Survey

2008 Salary Survey Invitation

In 1999, when Environmental Protection conducted its annual salary survey, the job outlook was characterized as "Too many dogs chasing too few bones."

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