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Environmental Lawsuit Asserts Going Fishing Requires an NPDES Permit
The Fourth District Court of Appeals rejected arguments that North Carolina shrimpers violate the federal Clean Water by discharging...
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- Sep 8
JD Solomon Reappointed to State Environmental Management Commission
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has reappointed JD Solomon to a third term on the state's Environmental Management Commission...
J.D. Solomon
- Aug 25
Is Your Retirement Portfolio Safe During the PFAS Lawsuits?
Maryland’s largest water utility is joining a national trend of suing manufacturers who produce PFAS (“forever chemicals”) used in...
J.D. Solomon
- Aug 15
5 Places You Will Find Forever Chemicals (PFAS) in Your Home
My family is shocked that PFAS is in makeup, cookware, furniture, carpets, and rain gear. They are in disbelief that there isn’t much...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 26
Effective Communication: How to Improve When Environmental Disasters Strike Our Communities
The East Palestine train wreck is just the most recent example of our struggles with communication of environmental disasters in our...
J.D. Solomon
- May 30
Will The Recent Sackett v. EPA Wetlands Ruling Hurt Landowners?
The May 25, 2023, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency adds clarity for...
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- May 20
May Updates from JD Solomon Solutions
Hot Topics Facilitation – How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers Asset Management – Eight...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 24
Why Diversifying Water Sources Provides Benefits and Challenges
Diversifying the number of sources in a public drinking water system has positives and negatives. According to one source, approximately...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 20
Ten Questions to Help You Understand the Proposed USEPA PFAS Regulations
1. What is PFAS? PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are fluorinated carbon-chain compounds. PFAS has been used in...
J.D. Solomon
- Jan 31
Applying ISO 31000 to PFAS and USEPA Risk Assessments
PFAS is an issue filled with complexity, difficulty, and uncertainty. The good news is that the USEPA does a good job with technical...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 16, 2022
Three Things To Avoid When Performing An Environmental Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover the...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 18, 2022
The Way One State Evaluates Climate Change
South Carolina appears in many evaluations as one of the top ten states that are susceptible to climate change. One climate change source...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 4, 2022
Trust Proven Approaches to Produce the Best Facilitated Sessions
The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...
JD Solomon
- Jul 12, 2022
Ask the Experts Re-Visited: The Lost Art of Facilitation
Jeff Lineberger and Charles Wingard provided some great insights on all types of facilitation. I sat down with Jeff a few months ago to...
J.D. Solomon
- Jul 11, 2022
What the New USEPA Health Advisory Levels for PFAS Means to You
On June 15, 2022, US EPA reduced the current Health Advisory Levels (HALs) of 70 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS (combined) to 0.004...
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- May 14, 2022
Communicating Complex Changes While Dodging Sacred Cows
JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...
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- Feb 24, 2022
Hazardous Algal Blooms (HABs) Are Coming on March 23
JD Solomon will be facilitating the Lightning Talk on "Understanding Changes in North Carolina’s Bay Lakes Over Time: Lake Waccamaw...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 15, 2022
Wetland Regulation by Press Release
North Carolina recently moved to regulate a class of "connecting" wetlands due to a permitting gap that resulted from the Biden...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 22, 2021
This New Approach for Nutrients Helps Root Cause Analysis
The USEPA release of new assessment tools to thwart harmful algal blooms is a step in the right direction. In particular, the new...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 14, 2021
Projects Beware: Environmental Regulations Not Aligned with New Federal Funding
The recently passed infrastructure bill provides billions of dollars for progressive infrastructure aimed at beneficial reuse, energy...
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