From the Trenches: Damage Assessment from Hurricane Ike
Sally Bittick, P.E. - Project Engineer Hurricane Ike made landfall on the northern end of Galveston Island on Saturday, September 13, 2008, and progressed northward through East Texas, with remnants of the storm turning [...]
Cleanup of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwater: Towards a Knowledge-Based Approach
Franz K. Hiebert, PhD - Principal Groundwater contamination, especially by various hydrocarbons, has been a problem recognized in the U.S. since the 1970s. Early efforts to remediate contaminated groundwater relied on mechanical processes to [...]
From the President: Climate Change: ‘Opinion’ or Crisis?
Maria M. Gou - President A few days ago, a 120-mile long iceberg broke free from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica when the crack that had been developing over several years took [...]
MERCs Rules
Paul Gosselink Jeffrey Reed - Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. At its Agenda on March 8, the Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved the publication of proposed revisions to [...]
The Regulatory History of a Vexing Air Quality Issue: Cross-State Pollutant Transport
Lou Corio - Senior Technical Specialist Back in the mid-1980s, I conducted research for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to inform the agency of the relative contribution from out-of-state sources of sulfur oxides [...]
From the Trenches: Don’t Let an “Emergency” Become an Emergency
Tekeshia M. Jones - Senior Staff Engineering Associate During a recent National Safety Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, I was able to attend a Management and Leadership Seminar called “Identifying Cultural Hazards: Four Clues [...]