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REACH-ing” for higher and higher costs
A study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health recently concluded that the REACH regulation in the European Union will require $13.6 billion to implement over the next 10 years— six times more than previously anticipated [T Hartung and Constanza Rovida, Nature , 2009, 460 , 27;...
Published
Fri, Sep 09 2009 4:11 PM
by
Kohorst, Mark
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Environmental Design
Watch the Pots...They'll Eventually Boil
With every new presidential administration comes a different set of priorities and issues, and Congress' legislative agenda reflects this fact. However, while much of the media focus has been on the big ticket items--health care reform, climate change, regulation of the financial industry, and the...
Published
Wed, Sep 09 2009 12:11 PM
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Owen, Sarah
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Environmental Design
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EFCA
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climate change
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Health Care
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OSHA
REACH – Two Years In
Earlier this week I attended a day-long seminar at a DC law firm that provided a status report on implementation of REACH, the ground-breaking regulatory program for chemicals under construction in the European Union. In a landmark “paradigm shift,” the entry-into-force of REACH in 2007 made...
Published
Thu, Jun 06 2009 8:58 PM
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Kohorst, Mark
Filed under:
Environmental Design
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Environment
NEMA Call to Action Legislation is Introduced
Last week saw many months of effort by NEMA staff and member company reps rewarded by introduction in the US House of Representatives of HR 2420, The Environmental Design for Electrical Equipment Act ("EDEE Act"). This proposed legislation would codify into US law Phase I of the NEMA Call to...
Published
Tue, May 05 2009 4:22 PM
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Kohorst, Mark
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Environmental Design
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Environment
HPB Congressional Caucus Issues Recommendations on Federal Buildings Acquisitions
Several days ago the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus issued a series of recommendations regarding Producing High-Performance Federal Buildings . The first one on the list asks Congress to require that for all Acquisitions of Federal Buildings True Life-Cycle Analysis and Decision - Making...
Published
Thu, May 05 2009 10:07 AM
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Moldoveanu, Andrei
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Energy Efficiency
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Environmental Design
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Environment
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economic stimulus
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High Performance Buildings
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Federal Buildings Acquisitions
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HPBCC
FOX - Misleading viewers on batteries
The FOX media network’s “Green It-Mean It” video campaign took a turn for the bizarre recently with a segment on single-use batteries. Entitled “Batteries,” the video asserts that most batteries sold each year are disposed in landfills where they “leak toxic chemicals into our land and air.” Behind a...
Published
Sun, Apr 04 2009 3:47 PM
by
Kohorst, Mark
Filed under:
Environmental Design
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Environment
SEMI Gets It!
Recently, the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ( SEMI ) released an article announcing the publication of a white paper prepared by its SEMI PV Group. This group supports SEMI members "serving the crystalline and thin film photovoltaic (PV) supply chains." In describing the...
Published
Wed, Oct 10 2008 10:21 AM
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leibowitzm
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Energy Efficiency
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General
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Environmental Design
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Environment
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renewable energy
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electricity
"Let he who is without SIN . . . . . ."
Last week, Environmental NGOs in the European Union released their long-promised "SIN List" of chemical substances that the activist community in the EU believes should be designated as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH regulation. SIN, which stands for "Substitute...
Published
Mon, Sep 09 2008 9:03 AM
by
Kohorst, Mark
Filed under:
Environmental Design
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Environment
In the dark about shift to energy-efficient lighting
For the second time this year, the Washington Times OP-ED page contains a commentary that lashes out against the national transition to modern, energy efficient lighting (David Deming, “Fluorescent Light Bulb Folly” ). As a leading media venue for conservatives, WashTimes is generally effective in highlighting...
Published
Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:20 AM
by
Kohorst, Mark
Filed under:
Energy Efficiency
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Environmental Design
Leaning and REACHing Too Far
This morning's Washington Post features a front-pager (so far left on the front page that it almost falls off) that fails to explain the real thrust of the European Union's new regulations on chemical safety and implies that U.S. authorities and industry fail to protect us from toxic materials...
Published
Thu, Jun 06 2008 10:34 AM
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updykec
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Environmental Design
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Trade
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