Change, although uncomfortable at times, is often necessary and beneficial.

Little words can make a big difference when designing a regulation, standard, or guidance document.

The emergence of the extremes driving the mainstream is a sign of waning trust, and when trust is gone, so goes respect and tolerance, and if we aren't careful, hatred fills the void.

Everyday we make choices about how much waste to produce.

We've all heard the word sustainability. It is almost inescapable in today's language, yet most have not taken the time to think about what it means.

According the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, job recovery continues to sputter at a relatively slow and unpredictable pace in most sectors.

Some would say that it's about time the EPA was knocked off its pedestal, while others believe the EPA has not been assertive enough.

Michael O. Leavitt has been sworn in as the 10th Administrator of the United States Environmental Pro-tection Agency after the resignation of Christine Todd Whitman.

Over the past decade an increasing number of companies and government institutions have implemented formal environmental management systems (EMS) as a process to effectively manage regulatory requirements and reduce pollution.

In 1977, Congress added the NSR provisions into the Clean Air Act. The purpose of the NSR was to minimize the administrative rule-making burden by reducing the number of source specific rules, while serving as an air pollution permitting and regulatory review "catch-all" for new sources or major modifications of existing sources.