Environmental, Regulatory and Industry News

U.S. Makes Progress Toward Cleaner Air
Thursday, March 11, 2010-- EPA's most recent evaluation of air pollution, Our Nation's Air, Status and Trends Through 2008, presents trends in air quality measurements, analyzes national emissions from key industrial sectors and takes a look at the relationship between air quality and climate change. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]

Protecting America?s waters is top EPA priority for 2010 and beyond
Tuesday, March 09, 2010-- EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson issued a memorandum to agency employees last month outlining seven key themes that EPA will consider priorities going forward. Protecting the waters of the United States is one of them. -- (full text)
[Water World]

Lean and Green -- Efficiency is key to survival for manufacturers
Tuesday, March 09, 2010-- Most of the Wisconsin manufacturers that have survived the Great Recession have, by necessity, become leaner and greener companies, greatly reducing their carbon footprints and lowering their emissions of harmful materials, while generating significant cost savings. -- (full text)
[Milwaukee Small Business Times]

Room for Improvement in e-Waste Recycling
Friday, March 05, 2010-- The rising sales of consumer electronics in developing countries will have dire consequences on their environment and public health, according to a report from The United Nations Environment Programme, reports GEEP Michigan. -- (full text)
[Environmental Leader]

Idaho's hazardous waste volume declines
Tuesday, March 02, 2010-- An annual report to the Idaho governor and Legislature shows the state generated far less hazardous waste in 2009 than it did the year before. -- (full text)
[KPVI-TV]

Global Electroplating Market to Reach $13.64 Billion by 2015
Monday, February 22, 2010-- GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Electroplating market. World market for electroplating is projected to reach $13.64 billion by the year 2015. -- (full text)
[PR Web]

EPA's Rulemaking Gateway
Monday, February 22, 2010-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new Web site giving the public additional opportunity to participate in the agencys rulemaking process. The online Rulemaking Gateway serves as a portal to EPAs priority rules, providing citizens with earlier and more concise information about agency regulations. -- (full text)
[EPA]

Conserve Water with Conductivity Meters
Saturday, January 02, 2010-- Significant strides have been made the last 20 years in limiting the water consumption of the various finishing processes and cutting discharge of environmental pollutants by implementing several changes in process operation. -- (full text)
[MF]