Golden Empire Chapter News 

Are You Helping California Get GREEN?    This summer (and for the rest of the year too!) A&WMA is urging all members, friends and families to GET GREEN!  There are a lot of things YOU can do to reduce your impact on the environment.  We've even found a list of GREEN TIPS to help you get started.  Challenge your family to help you and our environment to do as many of the tips as possible.  The earth (and everybody on it) will appreciate your efforts!   

Harmonizing Greenhouse Gas Assessment and Reporting Practices
August 31-September 2, 2009 - Baltimore, MD
The reporting of accurate and consistent data is key to determining the success of climate action plans and mitigation measures. Join the Air & Waste Management Association and industry experts for Harmonizing Greenhouse Gas Assessment and Reporting Processes to discuss advances in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimation methods, emission inventories, and reporting.

Harmonizing GHG Assessment and Reporting Processes will examine the convergence of mandatory and voluntary reporting initiatives, and emerging technical and policy issues. Don't miss this timely opportunity to examine methodologies for the characterization, calculation, and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.  Visit the conference Web site for more information, or to register!  Contact Lisa Breese with questions.

NEW A&WMA Fact Sheet (Landfills)   From time, A&WMA (National) publishes Fact Sheets that provide useful information in "layman's" terms that discuss various aspects of environmental issues.  The sheet we are posting here is about LANDFILLS and provides lots of information about landfills, how they operate, typical waste volumes, hazards involved in landfills household waste streams and what you can do to reduce your impact on your local landfill.  Check it out at this link,,,,LANDFILLS!  

Employment Opportunities    If you're looking for a job in the environmental field, look no further.  A&WMA's Career Center is a new online resource for job seekers in the environmental professions.  And if you're looking for qualified environmental professionals to fill a job vacancy, we can help there, too. The A&WMA Career Center provides job seekers with free and confidential resume posting and many other benefits.  Employers get access to one of the largest audiences of qualified environmental professionals.  Be one of the first to take advantage of this new service! Visit the A&WMA Career Center today to post your resume or job listings. 

Is A&WMA Membership in Your Future?   A membership in A&WMA can prove to be a real enhancement to you personally and to your career.  If you aren't a member of A&WMA at either the Chapter or the National level - why not consider joining today?!!  Membership comes with many benefits - and there are even more being planned for YOU right now!  To learn more about what A&WMA membership has to offer you, take a few minutes to view our PowerPoint slide show titled A Partner In Your Success!   Then simply click on the MEMBERSHIP tab to join us!    
 

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MONTH'S EM MAGAZINE! EM Celebrates over 10 years of helping environmental professionals - preview a copy today at www.awma.org.   A free subscription to EM or to A&WMA's Journal (a $49/year value) is available to all Chapter members who are National members as well.  To learn more about membership and its benefits, just go to the MEMBERSHIP tab.

 

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