November 2012 Temperatures 5th Highest Recorded
Part of the Human Induced Climate Change Experiment Also see: Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover is Retreating The globally-averaged temperature for November 2012 marked the fifth warmest November since record keeping began in 1880. November 2012 also marks the 36th consecutive November and 333rd…
EPA Grants to Help Two Puerto Rico Communities Boost Recycling and Composting and Reduce Water Pollution; Grants Will Fund Education Initiatives in San Juan and Loiza
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $50,000 to two Puerto Rico organizations, Leaders of the World and the Scuba Dogs Society, to educate low-income communities about effective waste management, recycling and the negative effects of improper waste disposal on…
EPA Grants to Help Two Puerto Rico Communities Boost Recycling and Composting and Reduce Water Pollution; Grants Will Fund Education Initiatives in San Juan and Loiza
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $50,000 to two Puerto Rico organizations, Leaders of the World and the Scuba Dogs Society, to educate low-income communities about effective waste management, recycling and the negative effects of improper waste disposal on…
EPA Environmental Justice Grant Will Help Train Syracuse Area Residents About How to Reduce Asthma Attacks and Protect Against Lead Poisoning
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $25,000 to the Onondaga Environmental Institute to train and certify central New York area residents to perform environmental jobs. Under the grant, the institute will also hold four community meetings to educate people…
EPA Environmental Justice Grant will Tackle Water Pollution in Peekskill, NY
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $25,000 to the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to improve water quality in Peekskill, New York. The grant was awarded under the EPA’s Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which supports and empowers communities…
EPA Environmental Justice Grant Will Help Educate Buffalo Area Residents about Air Pollution
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $25,000 to the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York to work with people in Buffalo, New York to reduce air pollution and to support local air sampling. People living on Buffalo’s west side, which is the focus of the…
Light and Darkness, Part II
By Amy Miller My affinity for winter’s darkness is inseparable from my love of light, including the cacophony of colored, white, LED, incandescent and just plain discordant bulbs that turn on the landscapes of New England each December. As I drive through my bejeweled town, though, niggling…
Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp
On the announcement that Lisa Jackson will leave the Environmental Protection Agency Lisa Jackson announces she is leaving EPA; Fred Krupp says she has helped move America toward cleaner air and a smaller carbon footprint …
“Promised Land”: A Love Letter To Longmont
By Mark Brownstein Source: The Daily Digger Promised Land is not a movie about “ fracking .” You will be sorely disappointed if you go to the theatre expecting to see lurid visuals of sinister-looking waste water ponds, plumes of diesel soot and road dust, or bucolic landscapes scarred by roads…
Environmental Defense Fund Offers Insight on the Impacts of Natural Gas Operations
Mark Brownstein, chief counsel of EDF’s Energy Program and EDF’s lead on natural gas, will comment on public health and environmental risks raised by the movie “Promised Land” Environmental Defense Fund Offers Insight on the Impacts of…
EPA Proposes Plan for Cleaning Up Gowanus Canal; Multi-million Dollar Cleanup to Revitalize Polluted Brooklyn Waterway
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal that includes removing some of the contaminated sediment and capping dredged areas. The proposed plan also includes controls to prevent raw sewage overflows and other land-based…
STATEMENT BY EPA ADMINISTRATOR LISA P. JACKSON ANNOUNCING HER LEAVING CABINET AFTER STATE OF UNION
WASHINGTON -- I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
STATEMENT BY EPA ADMINISTRATOR LISA P. JACKSON ANNOUNCING HER LEAVING CABINET AFTER STATE OF UNION
WASHINGTON -- I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
What New Projects Are You Planning For The New Year?
By Lina Younes As 2012 comes to an end and 2013 is about to begin, I would like to share some thoughts with you for the new year. I don’t want to call them New Year Resolutions because those don’t seem to survive longer than the month of January. So, how about talking about healthier [...]
Density of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis, Mapped in Great Lakes (Dec 17, 2012)
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Density of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis , Mapped in Great Lakes (Dec 17, 2012) Phragmites australis , an invasive species of plant called common reed, grows rapidly into dense stands of tall plants that pose an extreme…
North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course (NAIPSC) - Special Session on Biocontrol
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course (NAIPSC) - Special Session on Biocontrol Jun 25-27, 2013 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte, Nebraska The…
West Antarctica Melting
by Eric Steig Regular followers of RealClimate will be aware of our publication in 2009 in Nature, showing that West Antarctica — the part of the Antarctic ice sheet that is currently contributing the most to sea level rise, and which has the potential to become unstable and contribute a lot more…
Tis the Season to Recycle
By Stuart Reed As the nation’s largest seller of appliances, Sears Holdings Corp. has long championed initiatives and programs that save energy, and respect and protect the environment. That’s why, as the first and largest retail partner to join EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD)…
2012 Texas Air Quality: A Year In Review
By Elena Craft, PhD As we come to the end of another year, we reflect on all that has happened in the world of Texas air quality. This year has brought new challenges and reminded us of how much remains to be done in the quest for healthier air across the state. Our work is critical to the millions…
Which Witch?
USA, EARTH — Can you remember which witch said, “I’m melting”? A: That would be the Wicked Witch of the West Do you know which witch said, “I’m melting Twice as Fast as Previously Thought”? A: That would be you and me. On December 24, 1968 the first color photograph of the world was…