1995 News Archives

Below is a listing of RiskWorld's 1995 news articles. For RiskWorld's most recent news coverage, see the homepage.  Contact: Amy Charlene Reed,  senior editor,  reed@tec-com.com.

New Decision-Making Center Targeting Local, State, and Regional Levels A new National Center for Environmental Decision Making Research has been established by the Joint Institute for Energy and Environment (JIEE) with funding of $1 million per year for five years from the National Science Foundation, together with matching funds from other organizations. The center's goal is to provide regional, state, and local decision makers across the nation with the information, techniques, and processes they need to solve environmental problems. (Posted November 1995.)

Forum To Compare Risk Approaches in Europe, Australia, and the U.S. The difference between U.S., European, and Australian approaches to environmental risk analysis is the focus of an upcoming forum titled "International Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Risk Management." The forum is on March 5-7, 1996, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, which is one of the event’s sponsors. (Posted November 1995.)

Risk Legislation Battle Continues Risk reform legislation was one of the most hotly debated and controversial topics in the halls of Congress during 1995, with much of the fracas surrounding three key issues: cost-benefit analysis, a super mandate, and judicial review. (Posted November 1995.)

Links to Information on 1995 Risk Legislation This listing of sites on the Internet regarding the debate during 1995 over reform of the federal government's use of risk assessment and management is compiled from sources including the White House, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Library of Congress. (Posted November 1995.)

Launching RiskWorld RiskWorld, the on-line publication you are now reading, was officially launched on November 17, 1995, by Tec-Com Inc., a small publishing company located in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States. RiskWorld covers events and activities leading to the analysis and management of risks, focusing on those currently receiving the attention of risk professionals. Tangent areas covered include activities supporting risk analysis--that is, methods development, data collection, and other requisite tools--as well as profiles of risk professionals and the companies, agencies, and organizations sponsoring their work. (Posted November 1995; updated December 1996.)

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