On July 10, 1990 - 30 years ago - I officially opened PTP Consulting, Inc.  There were two clients, maybe 3? …and I was ready to roll.  I was out from under the rules of big business to become the entrepreneur I felt I was meant to be.  Yay! Early on, I hired a...

One of the side bar discussions I’ve heard during the Corona pandemic crisis goes something like “well – at least this is good for the environment”. As COVID-19 infections climb to nearly 800,000 cases in the USA alone (as of today’s date) and wreaks havoc with our...

In May of 2010, OSHA started drafting a new safety standard that would require health care employers to create infection control plans to keep doctors, nurses and other health care workers from getting exposed to deadly diseases. That would have meant building...

People don't usually think of offices as places where workplace safety measures have to be taken into consideration, but the fact remains that standards for workplace safety don't just apply to factories and industrial facilities. It's just as important to be aware of...

Growing global concern about climate change has governments all over the world scrambling to make policy changes. Potentially curtailing emissions and creating a sustainable future is on everyone's minds. Even while some local and national governments lag woefully...

With the ongoing revelations regarding the mismanagement of the drinking water in Newark, New Jersey, more and more people are waking up to the fact that environmental regulations are extremely important for the health of local communities and need to be addressed on...

Everyone in the Garden State had hope that with Phil Murphy's arrival, it would herald in a new era of progressive clean energy and environmental protection policy. Looking back it seems like wishful thinking, as the new governor has been ineffectual on several...

Clean energy is slowly catching on all over the country, as investment prices become more reasonable and as the energy produced begins to compete with traditional dirty energy sources. Wind is one of those new "green energy" sources that has enormous potential....

Touted as a safe replacement for cigarettes, vaping has taken off in recent years, especially with millenials. The attractive combination of a "clean" form of smoking, modern technology, and a bit of a taboo, have turned e-cigarettes into a multi-million dollar craze...