by Alan Hahn | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
In our August 4th blog, we mentioned some notable, and rather eye-popping, federal environmental enforcement actions this past year, including the Kerr-McGee/Anadarko Petroleum settlement in excess of $5 billion. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) goal for...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog
I hate to give away my age, but when I was in college, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was just rolling out. RCRA is the primary federal law governing solid and hazardous wastes and set national goals for conserving natural resources and ensuring...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog
Some argue that our current “geologic time” is not properly described as the Holocene (or entirely recent) epoch; rather, they say we should describe this as the Anthropocene (anthropo for man) because of humankind’s impact on earth. The International Union of...
by Alan Hahn | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog
In the movie, “Erin Brockovich,” actor Julia Roberts portrayed a budding activist in a story about the impact of hexavalent chromium on a local community. In about two hours, the audience left the theater convinced of Ms. Roberts’ version of the story –...
