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Apr 1st, 2014 |
By Michael Bittner
Welcome to the EHS Journal. This international online magazine was designed for and by environmental, health and safety professionals for the purpose of sharing knowledge and facilitating discussion within our profession. Since our launch in January 2010, we have published articles and images from more than 200 contributors in 30 countries.
We are actively seeking new articles! See the Submission Guidelines for more information and submit your articles and comments to the EHS Journal today…
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Tags: EHS, EHS Journal, Environmental, ERM, Health and Safety, Michael Bittner
Mar 1st, 2014 |
By Michael Bittner
Welcome to the EHS Journal. This international online magazine was designed for and by environmental, health and safety professionals for the purpose of sharing knowledge and facilitating discussion within our profession. Since our launch in January 2010, we have published articles and images from more than 200 contributors in 30 countries.
We are actively seeking new articles! See the Submission Guidelines for more information and submit your articles and comments to the EHS Journal today…
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Feb 2nd, 2014 |
By Michael Bittner
Use of electronic hazardous waste manifests (e-Manifests) came one step closer in the United States on January 15th when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule authorizing the use of e-Manifests. This will allow the current process, which requires paper forms, to be streamlined and greatly reduce the millions of paper manifests
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Tags: e-manifest, EHS, Environmental, hazardous waste, Health and Safety
Feb 1st, 2014 |
By Michael Bittner
Welcome to the EHS Journal. This international online magazine was designed for and by environmental, health and safety professionals for the purpose of sharing knowledge and facilitating discussion within our profession. Since our launch in January 2010, we have published articles and images from more than 200 contributors in 30 countries.
We are actively seeking new articles! See the Submission Guidelines for more information and submit your articles and comments to the EHS Journal today…
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Jan 18th, 2014 |
By Michael Bittner
Editor’s Note: This article, published in January 2014, provides information on company performance from 2012. For an updated list of the world’s largest environmental consulting companies, click here. The value of the global environmental consulting (EC) market reached US$27.4 billion (£16.7 billion) in 2012, up 3.6% over the previous year, according to the latest report
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Posted in Environmental Management, Health and Safety |
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Tags: business, consulting, EHS, Environmental, Health and Safety
Dec 22nd, 2013 |
By Michael Bittner
A company president in the United States has been sentenced to serve up to 20 years in prison for his role in safety deficiencies that caused the death of two men. The prison sentence is in addition to a US$ 1.2 million penalty levied against the company in 2010 and a personal penalty of US$
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Posted in Health and Safety |
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Tags: Black Mag, EHS, enforcement, Environmental, Health and Safety, Michael Bittner, OSHA
Dec 13th, 2013 |
By Michael Bittner
Take a break and watch this 2-minute video on sustainability investing from RobecoSAM, the people who publish the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
Posted in Sustainability |
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Tags: EHS, Environmental, Health and Safety, investing, sustinability
Dec 10th, 2013 |
By Michael Bittner
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information and comments to address possible changes and updates in the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard; Explosives and Blasting Agents standard; Flammable Liquids standard; and Spray Finishing standard. OSHA is also considering changes to its PSM enforcement policies. Possible PSM Changes According to the
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Tags: Environmental, Health and Safety, OSHA, process safety, PSM
Dec 1st, 2013 |
By Michael Bittner
Welcome to the EHS Journal. This international online magazine was designed for and by environmental, health and safety professionals for the purpose of sharing knowledge and facilitating discussion within our profession. Since our launch in January 2010, we have published articles and images from more than 200 contributors in 30 countries.
We are actively seeking new articles! See the Submission Guidelines for more information and submit your articles and comments to the EHS Journal today…
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Nov 1st, 2013 |
By Michael Bittner
Welcome to the EHS Journal. This international online magazine was designed for and by environmental, health and safety professionals for the purpose of sharing knowledge and facilitating discussion within our profession. Since our launch in January 2010, we have published articles and images from more than 200 contributors in 30 countries.
We are actively seeking new articles! See the Submission Guidelines for more information and submit your articles and comments to the EHS Journal today…
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Tags: EHS, EHS Journal, Environmental, ERM, Health and Safety, Michael Bittner