Feature

Cleaning Up Stormwater: Understanding Pollutant Removal from Runoff

From the Editors

The Ultimate End of Pipe Solution?
There is preventing pollution, mitigation pollution released, and then there is taken credit for someone else's solutions. Guess which approach was used by the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

Letters

Another Hand-Drying Option
A low-tech hand-drying suggestion.

On Vinyl and Phthalates
A response from the American Chemistry Council touting the safety of phthalates in PVC products, plus an editors' response.

On Green Roofs
What is a green roof's weakest link?

What's Happening

CCA to Be Phased Out
The EPA and the treated wood industry are negotiating an agreement to phase out the most toxic wood preservative in widespread use.

2002 Winter Olympics Zeros Out Air Pollution
By accepting credit for emissions reductions by others, the Salt Lake City Olympics are able to claim no net air pollution.

LEED for Existing Buildings in Test Phase
The U.S. Green Building Council is seeking buildings on which to test and refine its new LEED Rating System for existing buildings, which could eventually affect a large segment of the commercial buildings stock.