In an effort primarily to address the potential impacts from the development of the Marcellus Shale reserves, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”) has announced its intention to adopt new treatment requirements and water quality standards to control total dissolved solids, sulfates and chlorides. According to PADEP, the justification for its new permitting strategy [...]
Geothermal energy is usually associated with the western states and Yellowstone National Park or “The Geysers” field in Northern California. However, geothermal energy can be utilized just about anywhere in the US and is economical when employed in residential applications in the Northeast. Homeowners who install a qualified geothermal heat pump system in 2009 [...]
Twenty four months. That is the average time it takes to get most major industrial greenfield projects from the concept phase through the permitting process in this country. Twenty four months. Twenty four months of no engineering, no buying of equipment, no fabrication, and no construction. All of which means no jobs. In fact no [...]
We’ve all heard about taxes and tax credits this election season. The mainstream media (that being TV and radio) has been bombarding us about plans that include more taxes, less taxes, taxes on the rich, income tax break for the middle class, ‘death tax’, child tax credits, increase in payroll taxes, capital gains tax, alternative [...]
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