DOE seeks subsurface barrier verification technology
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The Dept. of Energy (DOE) has embarked on an extensive research development and program aimed at developing a highly-effective subsurface barrier technology which does not require excavation. It has released Technical Needs Statement IS-9 in 1994 to gather information regarding technologies or methods that could be used to detect the location and measure the magnitude of barrier discontinuities. The most promising of these new technologies is the electrical resistance tomography, although other researchers remain skeptical about its capabilities.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1995
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Study encourages firms to find hidden environmental costs
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A study conducted recently by the World Resources Institute revealed that business organizations can expect to improve their efficiency by pinpointing the many hidden environmental costs in their production and organizational structures. The study showed that traditional accounting procedures failed to take these environmental costs into account and were thus inaccurate. The report cited the experience of companies such as Amoco Oil Co. and Dow Chemical, which analyzed these hidden costs and were able to save a substantial amount of money.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1995
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Risk assessment commission working to define scope
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The National Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management held a meeting on Mar. 1, 1995 to address the different issues which will be included in the commission's formal recommendations to Congress in 1996. Among the wide range of issues which will be tackled by the commission are the establishment of acceptable exposures, the determination of benefits against cost and the creation of a flexible risk assessment model to serve the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The commission expects to finish the report in Mar. 1996.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1995
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