Environmental Management News

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), CSL Capital Management and West Street Energy Partners (WSEP), a fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, announced today that they have completed their pending transaction to create the new BJ Services, a pure-play North American land pressure pumping company providing hydraulic fracturing and cementing services. The transaction ...

Dec. 30, 2016

By Baker Hughes

As a society, we expect weather to change, storms to vary in severity and damage to be done at some point or another as a result. Engineers dedicate their lives to preparing urban environments for the everyday storms as well as the bad ones that only happen every couple of decades. But regardless of how well a city or town is planned out and managed, our personal, private property is often left ...

Dec. 30, 2016

By Scantec Industries NV

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), CSL Capital Management and West Street Energy Partners (WSEP), a fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, announced today that they have completed their pending transaction to create the new BJ Services, a pure-play North American land pressure pumping company providing hydraulic fracturing and cementing services. The transaction ...

Dec. 30, 2016

By Baker Hughes

And [in my honest opinion] the people that do it are just boring, prosecutors said. CT imaging can play important role in car crash testing Crash test injuries analyzed with CT imaging provide valuable data that can help engineers develop safer cars and reduce the severity of injuries during car accidents In addition to saving lives through gafas ray ...

Dec. 29, 2016

By Macpresse Europa S.R.L

Above all else, TargetSolutions is focused on platform innovation and outstanding customer support. Looking back at 2016, those goals were met with new course releases, platform enhancements, and numerous success stories from organizations nationwide. As the year comes to a close, here are some of the most memorable accomplishments during the last 12 months. Perfecting the Platform ...

Dec. 29, 2016

By TargetSolutions

Lynn L. Bergeson was quoted in the December 28, 2016, Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report story "Biobased Chemical, Fuel Makers Seek Parity For Their Products Under Trump" (subscription required): Biobased chemical and ...

Dec. 29, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On December 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice regarding the availability of final test guidelines, OCSPP Series 850 Group A -- Ecological Effects, part of a series of test guidelines established by the Office of Chemical ...

Dec. 29, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

While birds might be pleasant guests in your backyard or garden, they can quickly outstay their welcome in your shed or garage. Often undetected for weeks or months at a time, birds can build cozy new homes in sheds and garages year-round when you least expect them. Here’s how to keep birds out of garages and sheds with Avian Control. ...

Dec. 29, 2016

By Avian Enterprises, LLC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December its long-awaited final report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources in the United States. The report provides a synthesis of information on impacts of ...

Dec. 28, 2016

By NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Earlier this year, the 2016 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index was published. The annual index is created by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and ranks the top 10 causes of serious, nonfatal workplace injuries based on information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Academy of Social Insurance and from Liberty Mutual. According to this year’s ...

Dec. 27, 2016

By American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)

The City of Gallup, New Mexico, council members approved an 8-year contract with CH2M to take over operations and maintenance of the city's 5-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant. In addition to Operations Management Services, CH2M will design and construct an upgrade to the current facility. Upgrades will help the community with odor-control issues and boost efficiency of biosolids ...

Dec. 27, 2016

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

The City of Gallup, New Mexico, council members approved an 8-year contract with CH2M to take over operations and maintenance of the city’s 5-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant. In addition to Operations Management Services, CH2M will design and construct an upgrade to the current facility. Upgrades will help the community with odor-control issues and boost efficiency of ...

Dec. 27, 2016

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video.  Their newest production discusses some of the differences between certificates of training and accredited third-party certification in the environmental industry.   “A certificate of training cannot prove that a worker is knowledgeable ...

Dec. 26, 2016

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Lumex Instruments engineers were invited by Xinjiang Environmental Monitoring Station in China to participate in water quality analysis. The study subject was determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in ...

Dec. 23, 2016

By Lumex Instruments Group

Meeting California's renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission goals may necessitate the expansion of electricity transmission infrastructure to access new renewable power sources, both within and outside the state, according to a multi-agency state report released this week (12/16). The draft Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) 2.0 report seeks to identify areas where ...

Dec. 23, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

Once each year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releases a preliminary list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations for the fiscal year. The list is compiled from thousands of workplace inspections conducted by federal OSHA staff. Year after year, 1 of the top 10 cited violations involves respiratory protection. OSHA reports that an estimated 5 ...

Dec. 22, 2016

By Zimmetry Environmental

Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the primary source of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, to streambed sediments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to a U.S. Geological Survey and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District ...

Dec. 22, 2016

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, was awarded top honors in the Environmental Protection 2016 New Product of the Year Awards. The company’s comprehensive environmental management software – which includes Air ...

Dec. 22, 2016

By VelocityEHS

Defra under-secretary Lord Gardiner of Kimble has offered an insight into the government’s position on the EU’s Circular Economy Package, indicating that the government may be open to adopting some measures set out by Brussels. Lord Gardiner’s comments came in response to a written question in the House of Lords at the end of November, in which the Labour Peer Baroness Jones of ...

Dec. 21, 2016

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

TargetSolutions’ dedication to delivering valuable firefighter training doesn’t stop with the industry’s leading online training catalog for fire departments. Far from it. This month, TargetSolutions sponsored two ...

Dec. 21, 2016

By TargetSolutions