Environmental Enlightenment
Chemicals Used in Dry-cleaning Operations
Environmental Enlightenment #090(Acknowledgement: http://www.drycleancoalition.org) Dry-cleaning is the washing of fabrics in non-aqueous solvents. The first regular use of a non-aqueous solvent in garment cleaning was in 1716, when spirits of turpentine were used to...
Flash Point and Volatility
Environmental Enlightenment #243Generally, a flammable liquid means a liquid which may catch fire easily. Oil-based paints are flammable. Gasoline is highly flammable A flash is a sudden short blaze of intense light of flame. When something flashes, it bursts suddenly...
Environmental Base Line (or Bench Mark) in Real Estate Transactions
Environmental Enlightenment #234Absolutes do not exist, and values get established only by comparisons. Suppose I said, “Three hundred.” Your immediate response could probably be, “Three hundred what? Fish? Avocado? Light years?” Suppose I said, “Three hundred...
Ecosystems
Environmental Enlightenment #220 — An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with nonliving components.
Aquifers Support Life
Environmental Enlightenment #302 Unconsolidated soil and rocks, when filled with water, make aquifers. Aquifers are subsurface formations of soil and rock that are saturated with water. Aquifers are made of pores and particles. The groundwater fills the pores. Some...
Sustainability
Environmental Enlightenment #320—Sustainability is how ecosystems remain diverse and productive.
Wetlands Assessment
Environmental Enlightenment #318USEPA defines wetlands as areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted...
ToxFAQs™
Environmental Enlightenment #319—The ATSDR ToxFAQs™ is a series of summaries about hazardous substances. Each fact sheet serves as a quick and easy to understand guide.
Real Estate Transactions and the Recognized Environmental Conditions
Environmental Enlightenment #317Nowadays, most transactions in commercial and industrial properties employ the Phase I Environmental Site Assessments to ascertain potentail risks to public health and the environment from non-optimal conditions of contaminated soil,...
Path of Least Resistance
Environmental Enlightenment #306 Here’s a simplified, conceptual image of the fate of leaking petroleum fluids in soil and groundwater. It omits certain phenomena that the pedantic amongst us may fault me on; and my justification is, it’s being done for sake of the...
Commingled Plumes
Environmental Enlightenment #185Plume can mean various things. The word comes from Latin pluma, meaning small soft feather. Here are some eagle plumes.A plume is also a feather or bunch of feathers worn as an ornament or a mark of rank(Picture courtesy of...
Toxic Vapor Migration in Subsurface Soils: Will California’s New Vapor Intrusion Guidance Affect Your Property Transaction?
Environmental Enlightenment #316—How will California’s new vapor intrusion guidelines affect your property value and transaction?
Oil Fields and the Real Estate Environmental Due diligence
Environmental Enlightenment #315—Current and historical oil field operations may have issues that can impact real estate transactions. Oil fields in Los Angeles basin provide countless examples.
Environmental Data Bases for Real Estate Due diligence – The ENVIROSTOR
Environmental Enlightenment #314—Real-estate brokers, attorneys and investors can glide through ENVIROSTOR fast to identify items of interest about properties in California.
One Useful Environmental Database
Environmental Enlightenment #219—Here’s a data-packed site that provides handy information on environmental data at sites of interest.
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