This 'great recession' will have a monumental effect on our long-term health and safety without your compassion, diligence and drive.
While the 'popular news and media' are stating that 'we are emerging from the recessoin' - I believe we are just entering the challenging times.
While I am not sure 'congressman Ron Paul' is correct predicting a 15 year recession... I know it is not over by a long shot.
It is imperative that we do not let the fiscal demise become our physical or ecological demise.
As organizations cut budgets staff to keep up with the historic burden of debt our nation is faces (23 Trillion)... it is important that every professional in the environmental health and safety fields remember why they took their job - to protect others and the environment.
I know that the utilization of your regulatory, conservation, protection and lean resource management skills will help any organization you work for survive these trying time without sacrificing their ideals on protecting their workforce or our environment.
Further, EHS professionals in the energy and government sectors can lead our way to a more prosperous, cleaner and greener future.
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." - Booker T. Washington
Words are just that, but your career actions are appreciated and respected by all of us on the receiving end. -Haase