environmental process News
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Ontarios Omnibus open for business act - environmental implications
Omnibus Open for Business Act would replace much of the existing environmental approvals process with a streamlined compliance approval and online registry ...
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Streamlined environmental assessments Australia wide
Bilateral agreements for environmental assessments are now in place between the Commonwealth and all Australian states and territories with Victoria and the ACT both signing agreements in the past month. The agreements are in accordance with national environment law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). 'This is a great step forward and I am very pleased ...
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100 Years of Retreading at Michelin
30 million tyres given an extended life. This corresponds to 2.1 million tons of raw materials saved and almost 3.5 million tons of CO2 that did not end up in the environment. The environmental balance of the retreading of truck tyres is therefore impressive. “Retreading is a more sustainable and environmentally friendly process than new tyre manufacture and is an integral part of ...
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U.S. EPA Amends the National Environmental Policy Rule
(Washington, D.C. – September 19, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has modified procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, which established the U.S. government’s policy for environmental protection. The final rule clarifies and consolidates technical requirements of EPA’s environmental review process and includes minor changes to EPA’s procedures for ...
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Teesside ship recyclers wait for snow-delayed vessel
UK snowstorms have delayed the arrival of a French aircraft carrier due to be recycled at a northeast dockyard. The 32,700-tonne ship, Clemenceau, is currently docked in Brest, France waiting to make its way to ship recycler Able UK’s yard on Teesside. According to the company the contract to process the ship, at its specialist Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre, is the ...
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Arjay Engineering at WEFTEC 2012
WEFTEC Environmental Wastewater Conference and Exhibition is in New Orleans the first week of October. We'll have product on display in the Ontario, Canada pavillion #7321. We look forward to seeing you there. Arjay Engineering has been designing and manufacturing process and environmental controls for over 20 years. Our main facilities are located in Oakville (Toronto), Canada. Support ...
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Importance of Performing HASS Testing Correctly
When performing a Highly Accelerated Stress Screen (HASS) on finished products it is very important to ensure that test parameters are accurate so the products under test will be accurately screened, not over or under stressed, so that your customers receive products with the highest amount of useful life possible. An example of this is an aerospace customer was performing HASS Testing on ...
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Apollo Tyres and Tyromer Partnership
Taking forward its commitment to sustainability, Apollo Tyres has partnered with Tyromer, a leader in non-chemical devulcanisation of end-of-life tyres. Tyromer Inc, through their Indian associate, Tyromer India LLP, is committed to supplying recycled rubber material, produced using its environmentally sustainable processes, to Apollo Tyres. Announcing the partnership with Tyromer, P K Mohamed, ...
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EPA Announces New Electronic Filing System for Environmental Reviews
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced e-NEPA, a new online system that allows federal agencies to submit environmental impact statements (EISs) electronically. Traditionally, EISs have been submitted to EPA in hard copy. e-NEPA eliminates the need to mail or deliver copies of EISs to EPA headquarters, reducing printing, shipping, and delivery costs. It also saves time ...
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Cogent Environmental makes debut
A consortium of employees of Lab21 Environmental backed by private equity investor, Sultan Scientific Ltd have acquired the business assets and commercial rights to the MTI range of products into a new company “Cogent Environmental Limited”. Cogent Environmental has ambitions to build itself into a broadly-based integrated provider of environmental and process monitoring technologies and ...
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Governments and Leaders Call for Strengthening Access to Transparency and Public Participation at Rio+20
More than 300 representatives from government, multilateral institutions, and civil society came together today to push for more action and commitments to support stronger governance around environmental issues. Access to information, public participation and access to justice are core values that were embedded in the UN environmental process going back to the original Rio “Earth ...
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EPA seeks applicants for environmental justice grants to address local health and environmental issues
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 office in Dallas is accepting grant applications for $100,000 in funding to support projects designed to educate and enable communities to understand and address local health and environmental issues. Eligible applicants from non-profit, faith-based and tribal organizations working in the community of the proposed project are encouraged to apply. ...
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Jan Klok has won the public prize at the annual Engineer of the year election, the Prins Friso Prize
Jan Klok, working for Paqell and Wetsus, has won the public prize at the annual Engineer of the year election, the Prins Friso Prize. The election is organized by KIVI, the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers. Jan Klok was nominated by KIVI for valorization of his research and the greening of amongst others the oil- and gas industry. He developed an environmentally friendly desulphurisation ...
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Sensors, inc. and ap2e announce distribution agreement
Sensors, Inc., the leading manufacturer of in‐use emissions test equipment, and AP2E, experts in environmental quality control, industrial process optimization, and laser based analytical measurement technology, are pleased to announce that the two companies have signed a global distribution agreement covering products incorporating AP2Etechnology for the engine emission ...
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EPA seeks applicants for environmental justice green jobs development pilot projects
To support underserved populations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 office in Dallas is accepting applications for a $100,000 grant for projects that promote Green Job Training and Green Job Placement. An eligible applicant MUST BE: an incorporated non-profit organization; a Native American tribal government (Federally recognized); OR Intertribal Consortium or Consortia (AND) ...
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EPA Addresses Environmental Justice in New Mexico
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friends of Valle de Oro was selected as a grant recipient to address environmental justice (EJ) issues in the Mountain View neighborhood in Bernalillo County N.M. The grant enables the organization to conduct research, provide education, and develop solutions to local health and environmental issues in minority communities ...
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EPA Addresses Environmental Justice in Española, N.M.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced TEWA Woman United was selected as a grant recipient to address environmental justice (EJ) issues in Española, N. M. The grant enables the organization to conduct research, provide education, and develop solutions to local health and environmental issues in minority communities overburdened by harmful pollution. “These ...
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EPA Addresses Environmental Justice in Louisiana
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) was selected as a grant recipient to address environmental justice (EJ) issues in Grand Bois, Louisiana. The grant enables the organization to conduct research, provide education, and develop solutions to local health and environmental issues in minority communities overburdened by ...
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Live Webinar: Fast, Accurate and Reliable Chemical Analysis of Water
Date: Tuesday October 20th, 2016 | Time: 06:30 AM UTC, 09:30 AM AST, 12:00 PM IST, 14:30 SGT | Duration: 1 hour Knowing the inorganic anions and cations composition of various types of water, such as drinking, surface, waste water, etc., can aid in understanding both environmental processes as well as the influence of industrial activities on natural water sources. Join our expert Dr. Vadim M. ...
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Greening supply chain management: the role of legislation
Mandatory legislation can play an important role in managers’ decisions to keep their supply chains ‘green’, according to a recent survey of Greek businesses which investigated incentives driving investment in green management practices. Green-Supply Chain Management (G-SCM) incorporates environmental processes into the management of businesses that are linked together to ...
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