Rich Christine is COO of Easton Area Metal Recycling Inc., which opened to the public in 2015 and provides container pickup services with more than 200 containers in circulation through the Lehigh Valley.

Commercial-building construction debris is a significant challenge. But this challenge also presents opportunities to achieve benefits when using a strategic and sustainable management approach.

For 30 years ending in 1977, General Electric discharged PCB pollutants into the Hudson River. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire. Happily, industry has become mindful regarding its impact on the environment since those days.

Pennsylvania could soon be doing more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if a petition currently under review by the state’s Environmental Quality Board spurs new laws. Pennsylvania is the fourth-largest carbon emitter among U.S. states.

As the story goes in ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was blessed with the gift of seeing the future but frustrated with the curse that no one would ever believe her. Today, a Cassandra culture in the workplace is one that lacks psychological safety.

The news is filled with stories about climate change — rising temperatures, extreme weather events, decreased crop yields — and they all have one thing in common. Dealing with these problems is going to cost everyone a lot of money.