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iMod Structures (IMS), makers of prefabricated Future Proof classrooms, announced today that veteran operations and facilities management executive Mike McKibbin, formerly of Rolls-Royce, has joined the company as Head of Operations.
In his new capacity, McKibbin will be responsible for the overall production of IMS High Performance Buildings, including management of the company’s growing production team, its 100,000-square-foot assembly facility on Mare Island in Vallejo, CA, and a global supply chain that involves manufacturing partners in China and Mexico.
Simultaneously, the company announced that IMS Principal Reed Walker will become Head of Innovation & Project Management. With extensive experience in product development, modular construction, and customer engagement, Walker will oversee deployment of IMS facilities at K-12 schools, colleges and universities throughout California. He also will wor
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50 years in, Clean Air Act’s societal benefits still outweigh costs
The Kingston Fossil Plant smokestacks rise above the trees behind homes in Kingston, Tenn. in this Aug. 7, 2019, photo. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The landmark Clean Air Act (CAA) turns 50 this month, and its impact has been dramatic: Ambient measures of pollutants have fallen more than 90% in some areas, and improvements in air quality are credited with preventing hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
Despite this success, the debate rages on over whether the costs to industry of further pollution reductions are too high-most recently, the Trump administration declined to tighten soot rules. After five decades, has the CAA accomplished its mission?
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Today’s post is co-authored with Reed Walker.
The benefits of additional air pollution regulation exceed the costs to industry by ten to one on average, according to a new analysis.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), the most dramatic expansion of air quality regulation in US history.
Since the 1970 CAAA, ambient concentrations of many targeted air pollutants have fallen by more than 90 percent. These decreases in pollution have improved health and welfare, including preventing hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
The costs of cleaning up pollution, however, generally become more expensive with each additional unit of pollution reduction. Given past progress, it is natural to ask, have regulations pushed too far or not far enough?