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Plastic Free July Challenge:
Reduce. Reuse. Rehydrate.

Happy Plastic Free July! Will you take the challenge? This month, we’re reminded of the importance of taking care of our world by reducing our use of disposable plastics. Did you know that over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century? According to EcoWatch, this… Read More
Help It or Hurt It: How are Environmental Matters Going to Affect Your Growth or Exit Strategy?

How can foresight and management of environmental matters be leveraged for better outcomes in business mergers, acquisitions and facility divestitures? Gain useful insight in the slideshow below from our presentation at the Eastern Energy Expo: Help It or Hurt It: How are Environmental Matters Going to Affect Your Growth or Exit Strategy? from John Kollmeier … Read More
Tales from Academia: How Did I Get Here?

Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought to yourself, “How did I get here?” That was the exact question I asked myself the first morning I began my career at BSTI. Up until that point, I had spent the last four years at West Chester University (WCU) studying geology and having the time… Read More

Nora Pearse-Nimmerichter (BSTI) Joins SWEP Board

Congratulations to Nora on her designation to The Society of Women Environmental Professionals (SWEP) of Greater Philadelphia Board of Directors! Nora has been an active volunteer and member of The Society of Women Environmental Professionals, Philadelphia and New Jersey Chapter, for two years. From assisting with events to fundraising for the annual Touchstone event, Nora… Read More
Dr. Nicholas Santella (BSTI) Contributes to Hurricane Conference in Crete

Last April, Dr. Nicholas Santella discussed the results of his ongoing research into the effects of natural hazards on the chemical and petroleum industries at the Sustainable Property and Asset-Based Transactions: Closing Deals and Capturing Market Opportunities conference in Philadelphia, PA. One of multiple presenters, Dr. Nicholas spoke on the topic of “Hurricane vs…. Read More
Tripp Fischer (BSTI) Guest Lectures at City College of New York

On May 2, 2017, BSTI’s Tripp Fischer served as a guest lecturer for Dr. Angelo Lampousis’s Environmental Assessment class at the City College of New York (CCNY). Tripp’s presentation focused on using consensus-based standards (CBS) for environmental assessment and remediation strategies. This fell in step with Dr. Lampousis’s efforts to implement CBS into the… Read More

Growing Vulnerability: Facing Natural Hazard-Related Environmental Liability

NJ Municipalities: Official Publication of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities – November 2015 Worsening natural hazards are resulting in increased environmental liability. This article discusses how local governments can take common sense steps to limit their risk. Link: http://njmmagazine.org/issues/2015/2015-11/ PDF: Click here to open Share This:
Vulnerability Assessment of Hazardous Materials Installations in Coastal Delaware

2014 This report presents an assessment of the vulnerability of hazardous materials installations in Delaware to sea level rise. Not publicly available. Please contact nsanatella@bstiweb.com for more information. This publication is the combined effort of our BSTI people along with various other groups. Through collaboration, we are able to enrich the world with knowledge that… Read More
High-mass, Four-planet Configurations for HR 8799: Constraining the Orbital Inclination and Age of the System

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 755, Number 1 – July 2012 Authors: Jeffrey J. Sudol West Chester University of Pennsylvania, jsudol@wcupa.edu Nader Haghighipour University of Hawaii at Manoa With Special Thanks to undergraduate students at West Chester University, including: After the discovery of the fourth planet within the planetary system orbiting HR 8799,… Read More