O&E Staff Reporter December 10, 2015
A Massachusetts company is selling a high-tech line of oil-absorbing products for cleaning up spills large and small. OPFLEX Environmental Technologies, of West Hyannisport, MA, has developed a foam cell material that absorbs oil but not water, which m...
O&E Staff Reporter December 10, 2015
Several New York City agencies recently issued a report on schemes allegedly used by delivery companies to defraud heating oil customers, including city agencies. The report follows a two-year investigation that yielded indictments of nine fuel delivery c...
John MacKenna December 10, 2015
The New York Oil Heating Association (NYOHA) is helping a teacher in Bronx, NY, incorporate clean-burning Bioheat® fuel as a teaching tool in an interdisciplinary approach to HVAC training. Pete Gonzalez is teaching the science of Bioheat® fuel – a...
Richard Pummell, Foley Carrier Services December 10, 2015
Most Department of Transportation (DOT)-regulated businesses understand whe or if they are required to “get their drivers drug tested.” Here's what they need to know. However, there are many components of a compliant DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Prog...
Ed Burke, Dennis K. Burke Inc. December 10, 2015
For the fifth straight year, Massachusetts was named the national leader in energy efficiency, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) in its ninth annual state scorecard. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker praised t...
John MacKenna December 10, 2015
The U.S. Department of HHS has released $3 billion in funding for LIHEAP and dealers in a few states are seeing minor tweaks to their programs....