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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...
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Sep 8, 2023

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...
JD Solomon
Aug 25, 2023

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...
JD Solomon
Aug 15, 2023


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...
JD Solomon
Jun 26, 2023

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...
JD Solomon
May 30, 2023


May Updates from JD Solomon Solutions
Hot Topics Facilitation – How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers Asset Management – Eight...
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May 20, 2023


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...
JD Solomon
Apr 24, 2023

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...
JD Solomon
Mar 20, 2023


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...
JD Solomon
Jan 31, 2023

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...
JD Solomon
Dec 16, 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...
JD Solomon
Oct 18, 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
Oct 4, 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...
JD Solomon
Jul 12, 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...
JD Solomon
Jul 11, 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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May 14, 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...
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Feb 24, 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...
JD Solomon
Feb 15, 2022

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...
JD Solomon
Dec 22, 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...
JD Solomon
Dec 14, 2021

Emerging Contaminants Create Havoc On Communities And Businesses
Emerging compounds are much like illicit drugs – manufacturers are continually creating new “designer” versions to make our lives a...
JD Solomon
Nov 30, 2021
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