Dispersion, chemical oxidation, and masking are reviewed as techniques primarily employed for odor control. Devices and systems, costs, and problems of measurement are considered in light of environmental agencies' efforts to curb smelly emissions. (BL)

A meeting held at the National Bureau of Standards is reported on. Topics included metrology, standardization, quality control, technology transfer, and technical management. (BB)

Mass transit is possible in the United States, but only if the form it takes offers americans the quality of ride--cheap, private and rapid--they now have in the automobile. If these criteria are not achieved, Americans will continue to drive. (BT)

Issues surrounding the recent oil shortages are discussed and alternate sources reviewed are nuclear power, fusion, solar energy, geothermal energy, magnetohydrodynamics coal gasification, windmills and tidal power. (JP)

A recent conference of the National Environmental Development Association focused on the concepts of environment, energy and economy and underscored the necessity for balancing the critical needs embodied in these issues. Topics discussed included: nuclear energy and wastes, water pollution control, federal regulations, environmental technology…

Outlines the development and present industrial uses of fabric filters in the recovery of usable products and the control of air pollution. (JR)

Described is the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation, a program of problem-oriented research, both applied and basic, in search of knowledge for solutions to societal problems. Four divisions are encompassed: advanced technology applications, environmental systems and resources, social systems and…

With natural gas supplies unable to keep up with the demand, coal gasification is suggested as an alternative. (Author/CP)

A report on a recent Technology for Energy Conservation meeting. Topics of the meeting were the need for conservation measures, legistated economic incentives to encourage conservation, and the technology to accomplish this. (BB)

This Buyer's Guide edition contains an alphabetical listing of hundreds of environmental, consulting, and training service suppliers, their phone numbers, and the EPA region they operate within, categorized by environmental problem. (LZ)

Regional and supraregional treatment centers have been developed in Switzerland to cope with the problem of systematic toxic waste disposal. The process employed at the Fairtec Turgi plant is described beginning with delivery and storage and proceeding through treatment, reprecipitation, decontaminating cyanide, filtering sludge and ion-exchanger…