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By Bridget Bean Can you imagine your small business providing a key product or service to the Department of Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture? All of this can be a reality! The federal government spends more than $500 billion a year in contracts, making it the largest purchaser of goods…
By J. Fernando Cevallos-Candau As a staff scientist with SABIC, a large petrochemical company based in Saudi Arabia, I live in a compound for western expatriates in the outskirts of Riyadh. At first, the compound appears to be located in Sing-Sing. It is surrounded by tall concrete walls with barbed wire on top; there are…
By Alan Fleming People with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias pose a unique challenge to first responders. An emergency situation can create an emotionally catastrophic reaction in a person with Alzheimer’s. Whether they are the person that needs help or a bystander on the scene, people with Alzheimer’s require special attention. Because they thrive…
By Eric Mathis West Virginia has a long and proud tradition as a primary producer of the coal that powers our nation’s economy. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), West Virginia accounts for more than one-tenth of total U.S. coal production and coal-fired plants produce nearly all of the electricity generated in the state.…
By Kelly Biemer Looking for a way to fund energy efficiency upgrades for your school, county or town without draining your budget? An energy savings agreement may be the answer. Five West Virginia towns—Beckley, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Wheeling—have undertaken energy efficiency upgrades that will save more than $550,000 in utility costs and 4,400 metric…
By Kevin DiGregorio Surely you know all about Polly and how that bird wanted a cracker—a saltine cracker, in fact. Perhaps you also know that everybody else—well, it certainly seems like everybody else—also wants a cracker. Instead of a saltine, everybody else is after an ethane cracker—or two or three—and the $1 to $3 billion…