MEDIA ADVISORY: EchoWater Project Groundbreaking Event, May 28, in Elk Grove, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO – On Thursday, May 28, 2015, U.S. EPA Region 9 Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will join federal, state and local officials and stakeholders at an official groundbreaking to launch construction of the EchoWater Project in Elk Grove, Calif
New research helps farmers set targets for reducing emissions
By Eileen McLellan Credit: photos.com The easiest way to tackle fertilizer pollution is to lower the amount of nitrogen applied to crops , thereby reducing nutrient losses into the air and water. The problem is, reducing fertilizer rates can also shrink crop yields, which means less income for…
Company Provides Emergency Response Equipment for Fall River, Mass. following EPA Enforcement
BOSTON – A Fall River, Mass. company, Precise Packaging, LLC, will purchase nearly $150,000 of equipment to assist emergency response capabilities in Fall River, under the terms of a recent EPA settlement. EPA had alleged that Precise Packaging violated federal Clean Air Act requirements to…
Federal Appeals Court Backs EPA Plan to Reduce Air Pollution from Power Plants in Kansas
May 26, 2015
The Who What Why and How of Safer Chemicals
By Boma Brown-West This installment of our Pillars of Leadership series explores Supply Chain Transparency. You can’t act on what you don’t know. And if you can’t take informed action, you can’t innovate in smart and sustainable ways. A key step toward achieving industry leadership on…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 26, 2015
Decade After Katrina, Pointing Finger More Firmly at Army Corps By Campbell Robertson & John Schwartz, New York Times. May 23, 2015 "This debate centered on how best to prevent flooding from the city’s three major drainage canals, which jut into the city from Lake Pontchartrain. The…
Big Question about Industry’s Newest Climate Effort
By Ben Ratner Europe’s largest oil companies are reportedly working together on a policy strategy leading up to this year’s international climate talks in Paris. It’s nice to hear that some of the biggest players in the global oil and gas industry want to engage in solutions, but it remains to…
Debunking FirstEnergy’s Bailout Arguments
By Dick Munson FirstEnergy, the giant Ohio-based company that owns power plants and transmission lines in several midwestern and northeastern states, is running out of arguments for its proposed bailout. The Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO), which is currently considering the proposal by…
Knoxville Utilities Board Meets Major Consent Decree Milestones
(05/27/15) -ATLANTA – The Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) has completed a mix of sewer replacement, rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance work together with two supplemental environmental projects throughout Knoxville and Knox County, as required under a 2005 consent decree. The Tennessee…
UT Austin Studies Six Central Texas High Schools’ Indoor Air Quality; Research grant will help create a healthier environment for children
DALLAS – (May 22, 2015) With nearly seven million U.S. children having asthma, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are taking steps to maintain indoor environments for 120 high school classrooms across central Texas. The EPA recently awarded…
EPA Agreement with Citgo Will Improve Safety and Emergency Response in Corpus Christi, TX
DALLAS – (May 22, 2015) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with the Citgo Refining and Chemicals Company for violations at the company’s facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition to correcting violations and paying a civil penalty, the company will…
It’s Don’t Fry Day– Protect Your Skin Today and Every Day
Today is Don’t Fry Day, a day designated to remind Americans about the dangers of skin cancer and how to protect themselves. As we enter the summer season, we join with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to remind Americans that each year more people are diagnosed with this largely…
CLEAN AIR Force wins EPA Community Action Award
By Elena Craft, PhD Congratulations to the CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas Clean Air Partners Program! They received the 2015 Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Excellence Award in the Community Action category. The Clean Air Excellence Awards Program recognizes and honors outstanding…
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 22, 2015
Levee group publishes first report By Meredith Burns, Daily Comet. May 21, 2015 "The Coastal Louisiana Levee Consortium published its first report last week to provide information on building levees and related policies.The report includes South Lafourche Levee District’s guide to build…
This Week in EPA Science
By Kacey Fitzpatrick While astronomical summer doesn’t start for a few weeks, I consider it summer as soon as I make the switch to iced coffee. For many, the season kicks off this weekend with pool parties, barbecues, and trips to the beach. Stuck in traffic? Waiting for the burgers to be…
Building Community Resiliency by Training the Next Generation
by Patrick A. Barnes In 2011, the first of the baby boomers reached retirement age. And for the foreseeable future, boomers will be retiring at a rate of 10,000 a day, nearly a quarter million a month. In an effort to help compensate for its retiring workforce, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water…
Conservation Groups Commend Congressional Funding of Louisiana Coastal Restoration Projects
May 21, 2015
Conservation Groups Commend Congressional Funding of Louisiana Coastal Restoration Projects
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Elizabeth Van Cleve, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, evancleve@edf.org Conservation Groups…
City of Granby, Mo., Agrees to Three-Year Deadline to Settle Clean Water Act Violations at Wastewater Treatment Facility
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., May 21, 2015) - The city of Granby, Mo., has agreed to an administrative civil settlement with EPA that requires the city to take a series of actions by July 2018 to correct a series of violations related to the operation of its wastewater…
How agriculture’s resilience to climate change benefits us all
By Sara Kroopf 81 percent of Americans live in cities, but rely on urban areas for everyday needs. Traditionally, governments haven’t factored farms and ranches into their climate mitigation and adaptation planning. Instead, the focus has mostly been on protecting urban communities. But that is…
